moss rose
Americannoun
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a variety of rose, Rosa centrifolia muscosa, having a mosslike growth on the calyx and stem.
noun
Etymology
Origin of moss rose
First recorded in 1725–35
Example Sentences
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Like a modern-day alchemist, he counted drops of essential oils — oak moss, rose, sandalwood, sweet basil, rosemary and bergamot — into a glass beaker, occasionally pausing to contemplate his potion.
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2014
Like many another businessman, 39-year-old Master Promoter Robert Lawver Smith scarcely knew a chrysanthemum from a moss rose.
From Time Magazine Archive
A pretty fichu edged with lace covered her shoulders; around her throat was a pink silk neckerchief, charmingly tied, and on her head was a straw hat ornamented with one moss rose.
From The Deputy of Arcis by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott
"I think the moss rose is Charles Lambert's favourite, so I have gathered this bunch for him."
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844 by Various
But in comparing the plush cap of the baby to a moss rose, Swinburne did not think he had said the last word on the subject.
From The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces by Kilmer, Joyce
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