(a) (also in form summer's rose) a rose blooming in the summer; also figurative; (b) (also summer rose pear) a variety of pear having an…

any of numerous varieties of the southern and central European rose Rosa gallica, formerly used medicinally and now chiefly cultivated for its…

attributive. = Made at or brought from Damascus, as damask blade, damask sword, etc. (see 7 below); da… a species or variety of rose, supposed to…

An autumn-flowering, climbing garden rose, Rosa moschata (not known for certain to exist in the wild), with large white musk-scented flowers growing…

In full province rose. = Provence rose n. at Provence, n. compounds. Now rare.

†(a) the common hollyhock, Alcea rosea (obsolete); (b) a rose blooming in winter (cf. compounds 1a(a)); (c) a hellebore (genus Helleborus); esp. the…

With qualifications: sweet brier n. a species of wild rose (R. rubiginosa) with fragrant leaves and shoots. Austrian brier n. (R. lutea) a climbing…

= Provence rose n. at Provence, n. compounds.

a variety of rose with velvety petals.

= damask rose n. at damask, n. adj.2d.

any of various forms of the cabbage rose, Rosa× centifolia; (also) a flower of such a plant; cf. earlier province rose at province, n. 5.

a variety of rose of a very delicate pink; also attributive or as adj.

In full maiden's blush rose. An old rose of the Rosa× alba group with delicate pink flowers. Cf. maiden-blush rose n. at maiden, n. adj.compounds 1c…

= monthly rose n.

In full Provins rose. A cultivated rose, Rosa gallica ‘Officinalis’, with fragrant, red, semi-double flowers. Later also: any of various other R. g…

Pertaining to the royal house of York; spec. = Yorkist, n. 1b.

a species of rose (R. cinnamomea).

the musk rose, Rosa moschata.

a cultivated hybrid rose, Rosa× centifolia, having large fragrant, globular flowers with many overlapping petals; (also) a flower of such a plant…

(a) the Monthly Rose (Rosa indica) and the Red Rose (R. semperflorens) with their many varieties; (b) Hibiscus Rosa-sinensis (family Malvaceæ), a…

= old rose, n.2 1.

A cultivar of the Provence (cabbage) rose, Rosa centifolia, with a mosslike covering of glands on the calyx and pedicel.

Rosa carolina (Treas. Bot. 1866); also, another wild North American rose, Rosa palustris.

More fully alba rose. A shrub rose derived from Rosa× alba (an old white garden rose now thought to be a hybrid), distinguished by grey-green…

a climbing rose native to southeast Asia and naturalized in the southeastern United States, Rosa laevigata, having fragrant white flowers, hooked…

an evergreen white-flowered climbing rose, Rosa bracteata, native to China and Taiwan, which was introduced to Britain in 1793 by Lord Macartney.

? some species of rose growing in hedges.

In full multiflora rose. A Japanese rose, Rosa multiflora, with clusters of white or pink flowers; any of the cultivated varieties developed from…

any of several North American roses; esp. the climbing rose, Rosa setigera.

More fully Boursalt rose. A species of climbing rose originating from the Alpine rose (Rosa alpina), introduced in 1683; also, a rose of this species.

a climbing rose native to China, Rosa banksiae, having evergreen foliage, (usually) almost thornless stems, and clusters of small flowers which may…

= maiden's blush, n. 2a.

= moss rose, n.

In full Noisette rose. A hybrid rose, Rosa× noisettiana, derived from a cross between a form of the China rose, Rosa chinensis, and the musk rose, R…

(The name of) a variety of rambling rose bearing clusters of flowers in various shades of pink; a multiflora rose. Chiefly as a modifier, esp. in sev…

(also more fully Dundee rambler rose) a variety of climbing rose that produces clusters of small white flowers tinged with pink.

The Banksian rose, Rosa banksiae.

a white rose used for hedging in the southeastern United States (probably either of two species introduced from China and now naturalized, the…

More fully Bourbon rose. A rose belonging to a group of hybrids (Rosa× borboniensis) produced by R. chinensis and R. damascena, believed to have…

in many names of plants, as climbing buck-wheat (Polygonum convolvulus), climbing fern (Lygodium palmatum), climbing fumitory (Corydalis claviculata…

a variety of the China rose, Rosa chinensis ‘Viridiflora’, in which the petals are transformed into leaf-like structures giving the appearance of a…

a variety produced by crossing Rosa chinensis and R. semperflorens, characterized by a long flowering period.

Used to designate a variety of yellow climbing rose developed by Desprez about 1830.

A variety of noisette rose first introduced in 1830, bearing large, fragrant, white flowers with a yellow centre. Also attributive.

Horticulture. A perpetual-flowering or perpetual-fruiting variety of a plant.

a climbing rose suitable for training on a pillar.

Any of a group of garden roses, often hybrids of Rosa wichuraiana and R. multiflora, that produce long, flexible, scrambling or climbing canes and…

a variety of rose whose petals have a waxy appearance.

An East Asian shrub rose, Rosa rugosa, or one of its varieties or hybrids, distinguished by dark green wrinkled leaves and large, globular orange-red…

Short for China-rose n. (a) at compounds 1b and for China tea n. at compounds 1b.

A very vigorous dwarf variety of rose used as a stock; a stock formed by this rose. Also Manetti rose, Manetti stock.

= Banksian rose n. at sense A. 1.

A perpetually or recurrently flowering or fruiting plant; esp. a remontant rose.

A species of rose, Rosa gallica; a plant or flower of a variety of this species.

a cross between Rosa damascena and a hybrid China rose.

a variety of the Austrian briar, Rosa foetida var. persiana, with very fragrant double golden-yellow flowers, which was introduced from Iran in 1837.

= pillar rose n. at pillar, n. compounds 2.

= monthly rose n. at compounds. Obsolete.

A variety (or group of varieties) of cultivated rose, derived from the species Rosa indica, variant odorata, having flowers of a pale yellow colour…

an autumn damask rose, Rosa× damascena var. semperflorens.

A yellow hybrid tea rose. Also attributive.

In full Général Jacqueminot. A red-flowered, hybrid perpetual variety of rose; also, formerly used for a colour resembling that of the flower.

A variety of climbing noisette rose introduced in 1864, bearing large, fragrant, yellow flowers; a flower of this plant.

U.S. regional. A wild rose, esp. the cinnamon rose, Rosa cinnamomea. Obsolete.

More fully General Jack. The variety of hybrid perpetual rose General Jacqueminot (see Jacqueminot, n.); a rose of this variety. Frequently attrib…

An early type of hybrid tea rose, introduced in 1867, and bearing large, pink, scented flowers. Also attributive.

Florists' abbreviation of tea rose, n.

The hardy shrub rose Rosa rugosa, native to East Asia but now widely cultivated and naturalized elsewhere; also called Japanese rose. See rugosa, n.

any of several species of Rosa native to Japan, esp. R. rugosa.

More fully polyantha rose. Any of a group of hybrids of Rosa multiflora (originally with R. chinensis or R.× odorata, later also with hybrid tea…

Any of various rose species, hybrids, and varieties cultivated before the development of the hybrid tea rose, generally bearing fragrant and less…

(more fully American beauty rose) a variety of cultivated rose with deep red petals.

a cross between a hybrid perpetual and a tea-scented rose (Rosa odorata).

a name once used for the camellia; later = Japanese rose n. at Japanese, adj. n.compounds.

A small rose; a figure or representation of this, †esp. in heraldry (obsolete).

A plant bearing flowers in dense clusters, esp. a type of rose formerly described as a hybrid polyantha. Frequently attributive.

A variety of thornless climbing Bourbon rose having fragrant pink flowers, first introduced in France in 1868.

attributive, esp. in Penzance briar. Designating a rose belonging to a group of hybrids originally developed from the sweetbriar, Rosa rubiginosa…

A popular variety of rambling rose which bears clusters of double pink flowers.

A variety of Rosa wichuraiana developed by M. H. Walsh about 1903 which bears clusters of small pink flowers; also = sweetheart rose n. at compounds…

A climbing, almost evergreen, rose belonging to the species Rosa wichuraiana, which is native to eastern Asia and bears white flowers, or one of…

In form Mermaid. A vigorous variety of climbing rose with single yellow flowers, produced by crossing the Macartney rose, Rosa bracteata, with a…

a rose belonging to a distinct species and not to one of the many varieties produced by hybridization; cf. old rose, n.2

one of several roses having small pink, white, or yellow flowers, particularly attractive as buds, esp. the climbing polyantha Cécile Brunner…

More fully Peace rose. With capital initial. A vigorous variety of hybrid tea rose bearing large yellow flowers shaded with pink; the flower of this…

a rose, esp. a species or variety long in cultivation, allowed to follow its natural pattern of growth; cf. old rose, n.2 1.