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winter rose

American  
winter rose British  

noun

  1. another name for Christmas rose

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of winter rose

First recorded in 1735–45

Example Sentences

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Risks from sliding snow are mounting as total accumulation for the winter rose to a record and drifts reached almost twice as high as last year, the Institute said.

From BusinessWeek • Jan. 24, 2012

"And she never sung you the song o' the winter rose?"

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

Like winter rose and summer yce, Her joyes are still untymelye; Before her hope, behind remorse, Fayre first, in fyne unseemely.

From The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times by Biese, Alfred

Stern Want around me pour'd her chilling woes, And no faint beam, to cheer my winter, rose.

From Gustavus Vasa and other poems by Walker, William Sidney

It was on the upper floor, and for this reason free from the damp air which in autumn and winter rose from the moat and hung about the lower range of rooms.

From The Story of Francis Cludde by Weyman, Stanley John

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