French rose
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of French rose
First recorded in 1545–55
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But we really owe the French rose fad to a 19th-century trendsetter.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 17, 2022
Set over the course of a pivotal year in the life of a struggling French rose breeder, Pierre Pinaud’s “The Rose Maker” is a slender but engaging tale about competition, cooperation and creativity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2022
He might, if the French rose against him and were joined by the Indians, have great difficulty defending the fort.
From Alice of Old Vincennes by Maurice Thompson
When Smithsend arrived from imprisonment in Quebec, war fever against the French rose to white-heat.
From The "Adventurers of England" on Hudson Bay A Chronicle of the Fur Trade in the North (Volume 18 of the Chronicles of Canada) by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut
The esprit de rose made from the French rose pomade is never sold retail by the perfumer; he reserves this to form part of his recherche bouquets.
From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by George William Septimus Piesse
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