musk rose
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noun
a rose, Rosa moschata, of the Mediterranean region, having white, musk-scented flowers.
Nearby words
musk hog, musk mallow, musk orchid, musk ox, musk plant, musk rose, musk thistle, musk turtle, muskallonge, muskeg, muskego
Origin of musk rose
First recorded in 1570–80
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Examples from the Web for musk rose
Next to that is the musk-rose, then the strawberry leaves, dying with a most excellent cordial smell.
What is more tranquil than a musk-rose blowing In a green island, far from all men's knowing?
Poems 1817|John KeatsFinally, she sat on a moss-bank, reached and took a musk-rose on her palm, and looked hopelessly at it.
The Purple Cloud|M.P. ShielThe “musk-rose” is never in fact the child of mid-May, as he has it.
The Children|Alice Meynell
British Dictionary definitions for musk rose
musk rose
noun
a prickly shrubby Mediterranean rose, Rosa moschata, cultivated for its white musk-scented flowers
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