rose of Jericho
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of rose of Jericho
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Entire shelves are lined with bottles of raw ingredients used in Origins products, including ginger, turmeric, mushrooms and rose of Jericho, but also aren’t for sale.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2015
That the rose of Jericho opened the night our Saviour was born, and that placed in any house it will open when a child is born.
From The Old English Herbals by Rohde, Eleanour Sinclair
They "sang the same strambotti to the Virgin and the lady of their love, to the rose of Jericho and the red rose of the balcony."
From Some Forerunners of Italian Opera by Henderson, W. J. (William James)
There is a legend about the rose of Jericho, which, though dry to the core, revives and brings forth leaves when touched by a drop of dew.
From Without Dogma by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
The name is sometimes also given to the rose of Jericho.
From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section R by Project Gutenberg
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
