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wood rose

American  

noun

  1. the dried seed pod of the Ceylon morning glory.


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The silver-gray lining in the fiasco is that the botched order saved the city money because the price of wood rose the following year.”

From Fox News Mar. 13, 2019

The smell of damp seaweed, richer than the smell of wet wood, rose with the smoke from the fire and lingered over their faces.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt

The good smell of wet wood rose from the floor, still damp after being scrubbed.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

A polished pedestal made of gold-tipped wood rose from beneath the floor.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

Even now the petals of the wood rose are lying around us and we see signs where earlier blossoms have faded.

From See America First by Hiestand, Orville O.

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