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
The moss rose will not bear the storms of winter, that the wild thorn can brave without danger.
From The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago by Lever, Charles James
But her greatest charm lay in the face, which was almost infantile in its shape, and delicate as a moss rose.
From Colonel Quaritch, V.C. A Tale of Country Life by Haggard, Henry Rider
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 Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)
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