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pasture rose

American  

noun

  1. a bristly-stemmed rose, Rosa carolina, of the eastern U.S., having slender, straight thorns and large, solitary, rose-pink flowers.


Etymology

Origin of pasture rose

An Americanism dating back to 1930–35

Example Sentences

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As floodwaters in their pasture rose to 6 feet in February, Coreen and James Hart moved their cows to a neighbor’s place.

From Washington Times • May 6, 2017

Under the deep grass of the meadow dwelt bobolinks and meadow larks; from the pasture rose the silver threadlike song of the savanna sparrow and the martial note of the kingbird.

From Upon The Tree-Tops by Miller, Olive Thorne

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