damask rose
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of damask rose
First recorded in 1530–40
Example Sentences
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Come spring, a blanket of velvety pink damask rose blossoms shroud the hills with their romantic scent.
From Time ● Oct. 13, 2017
My grandmother also brought her mother’s fragrant damask rose to this farm.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 30, 2015
I think in despite of the nurseryman, or cemetery-keeper, that with patience I could get a damask rose even now by inquiring about from farmhouse to farmhouse.
From Amaryllis at the Fair by Jefferies, Richard
Hundreds of miles away she felt the cool wind blowing through the garden, and the scent of the damask rose was on it.
From A Rose of a Hundred Leaves A Love Story by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
Yet think me not thus dazzled by the flow Of golden locks, or damask rose; more rare The heartfelt beauties of my foreign fair!
From The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. by Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)
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