prairie rose
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of prairie rose
An Americanism dating back to 1815–25
Example Sentences
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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
"Your prairie rose is nothing but a dandelion!" remarked Christine Crosswood.
From For the Sake of the School by Brazil, Angela
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 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)
On a couple of fan shaped lattices, in which I take a little pride as my own handiwork, a honey-suckle on one side of the church-door and a prairie rose on the other are planted.
From Laicus; Or, the Experiences of a Layman in a Country Parish. by Abbott, Lyman
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