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 little cluster of moss rose buds on the left shoulder, and another in her belt, were all the ornaments she wore.
From The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens
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 James C. Welsh
"The de'il a bit ye'll get the white moss rose to grow, unless you bud him on the dogue-rose first," cried a voice at the window.
From The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
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