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

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Example Sentences

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damask rose

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 wept at the sight, thinking of my own damask rose so far away.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 by Various

The foundation is made similar to the damask rose, and the stamina show from the front of the flower.

From The Royal Guide to Wax Flower Modelling by Emma Peachey

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

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