rose moss

American  

noun

1. a portulaca, Portulaca grandiflora, widely cultivated for its showy flowers.

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rose moss British  

noun

1. a low-growing portulacaceous plant, Portulaca grandiflora , native to Brazil but widely cultivated as a garden plant for its brightly coloured flowers

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Example Sentences

The flowers are red and yellow mixed and about the size and shape of Rose Moss.

From Project Gutenberg

Yeatman sent me a hamper from Wiltshire, and several friends here have given me odds and ends, and our old friend Miss Sulivan, before she went abroad, sent me a farewell memorial of sweet things—Lavender, Rosemary, Cabbage Rose, Moss Rose, and Jessamine!!!—Oh! talking of sweet things, I must tell you—I went into the market here one day this last autumn, and of a man standing there—I bought a dug-up clump of bay tree—for 2/6.

From Project Gutenberg

Rose moss WhiteMagenta JuneAug. ½-¾ ft.

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