Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Any of several cultivated roses derived from Rosa odorata, native to China, having fragrant yellowish or pink flowers.
- n. Any of a group of roses introduced into cultivation prior to 1867 and having relatively few thorns, glossy leaves, and open, cup-shaped flowers that bloom nearly year-round.
- n. A pale to strong yellowish pink.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. See rose.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Bot.) a delicate and graceful variety of the rose (Rosa Indica, var. odorata), introduced from China, and so named from its scent. Many varieties are now cultivated.
WordNet 3.0
- n. any of several hybrid bush roses derived from a tea-scented Chinese rose with pink or yellow flowers
Examples
“Page 230 those handsome curios, smashed the sèvers vases and picked the buds from the lovely tea rose -- so exasperatingly that the good woman could never again endure the sight of her -- this ill-fated bird is worth no less.”
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Aromata Aromatica
Fragrant things and terms that describe them. Generic names of botanical binomials aren't capitalized if the unconventional lower case form has a useful Wordnik definition. I'm primarily seeking te...
curry leaf, tuberose, orris, moss rose, smudge stick, lavender, frangipani, sweet acacia, sweet bay, tea rose, patchouli, linaloa and 162 more...
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A Rose Is a Rose
Rose varieties.
dog-rose, musk rose, tea rose, eglantine, jacqueminot, sweetbrier, rosa banksia, rosa chinensis, rosa damascena, rosa laevigata, rosa moschata, rosa multiflora and 14 more...
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ambrosia, inamorata, gossamer, lily-white, hummingbird, roucoulement, poppy, daisy, calypso, lunula, lamb, dove and 1526 more...
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Chromonyms 2
Names for colors composed of two or more words. All of these are defined as colors in at least one dictionary, most being in MW3. See Chromonyms for one-word color names.
Some well-kno...absinthe green, moss green, pea green, apple green, yellow stone, dusty yellow, absinthe yellow, liqueur green, olive wood, tilleul buff, white jade, café au lait and 1529 more...
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botany for amateurs
edelweiss, heartsease, cherry blossom, crocus, belladonna, hibiscus, baby's breath, snapdragon, black-eyed susan, clover, mulch, peat and 91 more...
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naming the rainbow
rose madder, china white, sepia, incarnadine, lily white, cerulean, crimson, ivory, celadon, mocha, gunmetal gray, lazuline and 86 more...
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botanica
liverwort, quaking aspen, weeping willow, sequoia, mahogany, manzanita, cycad, gymnosperm, angiosperm, sporophyte, epiphyte, dicot and 75 more...
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twilight, tutu, tea rose, taffeta, thimble, thistle, tinker, tiptoe, tulle, tumble, tawny, 'twill and 37 more...
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