Scotch rose

American  

noun

1. a rose, Rosa spinosissima, of Eurasia, having pink, white, or yellow flowers.

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Etymology

Origin of Scotch rose

First recorded in 1725–35

Example Sentences

I saw the first rose of the season, a white Scotch rose; things will soon be in full bloom.

From New York Times • May 3, 2011

This month, making his annual report for the twelve-month period ending March 31, Sir Robert said that overall exports of Scotch rose by 9,120,000 million gal., or 16%, to a total of 65,440,000 gal.

From Time Magazine Archive

I worked a little while at my painting, and then Mary Channing came gliding in upon me, like a dream, with more flowers, the Scotch rose and many rare things among them.

From Memories of Hawthorne by Lathrop, Rose Hawthorne

Of course the Scotch rose up against this unparalleled extortion.

From Books and Bookmen by Lang, Andrew

The single Scotch rose was doubled, and yielded eight good varieties in nine or ten years.

From The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2 by Darwin, Charles