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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. The name (General Jacqueminot) of a deep-red variety of the rose. Often called jack-rose or jack.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A variety of deep crimson rose.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A half-hardy, deep crimson rose of the remontant class; -- so named after General Jacqueminot, of France.

Etymologies

  1. Named after General Jacqueminot of France. (Wiktionary)

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  • “Tim, it's believed, has a chance to win it all, assuming he can master words like "jacqueminot" and "byssinosis.”

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  • “She put her finger to her lip, and smiled with the air of a lady benefactress; then, with a few words of official sympathy, she encouraged him to get well, and flitted to the next bed, where she bestowed a jacqueminot rosebud on a Chinaman dying of cancer.”

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  • “As the play went on, the rich jacqueminot-red flamed into her cheeks, and burnt there a steady blaze to the end.”

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  • “The crystal chandeliers poured a flood of light upon the scene, and the warm and glowing colors of the masses of scarlet begonias and jacqueminot roses mingled with the bright tints of the frescoed walls and ceilings.”

    Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis

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