musk rose
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noun
a rose, Rosa moschata, of the Mediterranean region, having white, musk-scented flowers.
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Nearby words
- musk hog,
- musk mallow,
- musk orchid,
- musk ox,
- musk plant,
- 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
musk rose
noun
a prickly shrubby Mediterranean rose, Rosa moschata, cultivated for its white musk-scented flowers
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