musk rose
Americannoun
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a rose, Rosa moschata, of the Mediterranean region, having white, musk-scented flowers.
noun
Etymology
Origin of musk rose
First recorded in 1570–80
Example Sentences
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And no wonder, for that was the very day on which Lieutenant Ewing had asked the question about the musk rose.
From Miss Sarah Jack of Spanish Town, Jamaica by Trollope, Anthony
He became a trifle less dreary; and he looked much as he had looked when he noticed the white musk rose in the flower-garden.
From The Moonstone by Collins, Wilkie
An excellent bloom, ideal shape, brilliant and non-fading colour with heavy musk rose odour.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 4th, 1920 by Various
Here's the white musk rose, Mr. Betteredge—our old English rose holding up its head along with the best and the newest of them.
From The Moonstone by Collins, Wilkie
Lavender and rosemary, lemon verbena and musk, rose and carnation—I have them all.
From The New Gulliver and Other Stories by Pain, Barry
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