tea rose

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noun Horticulture.

any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.

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Origin of tea rose

First recorded in 1840–50

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How to use tea rose in a sentence

One morning I was watering the flowers in her window and I saw a cluster of buds, that were almost blown, on her tea rose.
Wheat and Huckleberries|Charlotte Marion (White) Vaile
Grandmother, I said, there are some buds on your tea rose; itll be in bloom in a day or two.
Wheat and Huckleberries|Charlotte Marion (White) Vaile
A York and Lancaster in her hair, a tea-rose in her bosom, and she was ready.
Bluebell|Mrs. George Croft Huddleston
Under her transparent skin a tea-rose pink came and went; under her grey eyes lay bluish shadows.
The Dark Star|Robert W. Chambers

Almia de Ponsett is the name of a beautiful new white tea-rose.
John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein|Frank R. Stockton

British Dictionary definitions for tea rose

tea rose

noun

any of several varieties of hybrid rose that are derived from Rosa odorata and have pink or yellow flowers with a scent resembling that of tea

a yellowish-pink colour
(as adjective)tea-rose walls

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