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

They are,—esprit de rose triple, essence of white of roses, essence of tea rose, and essence of moss rose.

From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by Piesse, George William Septimus

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

Bee was leaning far out of a window, looking toward the garden where the dim outline of the moss rose bush, the rose her mother had planted, could be seen.

From Bee and Butterfly A Tale of Two Cousins by Madison, Lucy Foster