prairie rose

American  

noun

1. a climbing rose, Rosa setigera, of the central U.S., having pinkish to white flowers: the state flower of North Dakota.

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Etymology

Origin of prairie rose

An Americanism dating back to 1815–25

Example Sentences

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prairie rose

In one pudgy hand she carried a slightly smashed prairie rose, in the other a bent wild iris.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

The valley was narrow to the west and to the east; the prairie rose towards the mountains, and some old oaks grew on it.

From The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier by Various

She was a true child of the wilderness, a girl who grew, as the wild prairie rose grew, not on account of innumerable exigencies, accidents and hardships, but in spite of them.

From Alice of Old Vincennes by Thompson, Maurice

The prairie seemed spread out for leagues before them, covered with herds of buffaloes and deer, while immense flocks of turkeys and other birds of the prairie rose before them.

From The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

The river, the forest and the prairie rose up into the light, everything standing out, sharp and clear.

From The Texan Star The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)