damask rose

American  

noun

1. a fragrant, pink rose, Rosa damascena.

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damask rose British  

noun

1. a rose, Rosa damascena, native to Asia and cultivated for its pink or red fragrant flowers, which are used to make the perfume attar

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Etymology

Origin of damask rose

First recorded in 1530–40

Example Sentences

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

Love songs belong, too, to the damask rose, but love still set to martial chords, wrung, as it were, from heroes' wives, in a rapture of patriotic sacrifice.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

A moment ago they were pale as Lenten lilies, now they are dyed as deep as a damask rose.

From Portia or By Passions Rocked by Duchess

It was soft and full and bright—he had the same pleasure in handling it that he would have felt in touching a damask rose.

From The Long Roll by Johnston, Mary