moss rose

American  

noun

1. a variety of rose, Rosa centrifolia muscosa, having a mosslike growth on the calyx and stem.

2. rose moss.

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moss rose British  

noun

1. a variety of rose, Rosa centifolia muscosa, that has a mossy stem and calyx and fragrant pink flowers

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Etymology

Origin of moss rose

First recorded in 1725–35

Example Sentences

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

"And mind, if you ever take to growing roses, the white moss rose is all the better for not being budded on the dog-rose, whatever the gardener may say to the contrary!"

From The Moonstone by Collins, Wilkie

The most familiar white moss rose, sometimes tinged with pink.

From The Garden, You, and I by Wright, Mabel Osgood

Would he be in time to blast the barrier down before the steadily creeping moss rose to cut off his only avenue of escape?

From The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner by Welsh, James C.