desert rosen.

Brit.

/ˈdɛzət ˌrəʊz/, U.S.

/ˈdɛzərt ˈroʊz/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: desert n.², rose n.¹

Etymology: < desert n.² + rose n.¹

a. Any of various flowering plants found in relatively dry or arid environments. Frequently in figurative contexts.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > names applied to various plants > [noun]

heatha700

beeworteOE

leversc725

springworteOE

clotec1000

halswortc1000

sengreenc1000

bottle?a1200

bird's-tonguea1300

bloodworta1300

faverolea1300

vetchc1300

pimpernel1378

oniona1398

bird's nest?a1425

adder's grassc1450

cockheada1500

ambrosia1525

fleawort1548

son before the father1552

crow-toe1562

basil1578

bird's-foot1578

bloodroot1578

throatwort1578

phalangium1608

yew1653

chalcedon1664

dittany1676

bleeding heart1691

felon-wort1706

hedgehog1712

land caltrops1727

old man's beard1731

loosestrife1760

Solomon's seal1760

fireweed1764

desert rose1792

star of Bethlehem1793

hen and chickens1794

Aaron's beard1820

felon-grass1824

arrowroot1835

snake-root1856

firebush1858

tick-seed1860

bird's eye1863

burning bush1866

rat-tail1871

lamb's earsa1876

lamb's tongue plant1882

tar-weed1884

Tom Thumb1886

parrotbeak1890

stinkweed1932

1792 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. IV. 448 There many men..like the desert rose, wasted, in vain, their uncultivated sweetness.

1836 Amer. Advocate of Peace 2 91 They bid the desert-rose to bloom, The waste with plenty glow.

1867 W. Woolls Contrib. Flora Austral. 197 The first of these [mallows], which is called ‘Sturt's Desert Rose,’ is an ornamental shrub of several feet in height.

1882 E. B. Bayly Alfreda Holme xi. 106 A night's rain had brought out fresh roses in the flower beds, where lately only the desert-rose and oleanders survived a scorching hot wind.

1905 Overland Monthly Oct. 240/1 Mabel..was as pretty, but as wild and uncultivated, as a desert rose.

1951 H. McMinn Illustr. Man. Calif. Shrubs 184 Rosa mohavensis... Desert Rose occurs in moist places of the desert slopes of the San Bernardino and San Gabriel mountains.

1963 O. Ruhen Flockmaster 57 She found, in a glade shaded by the river-gums, a desert rose blooming.

2011 Star (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 31 Dec. 18 If your patio or border faces west, choose heat-resistant, water-wise plants such as pelargoniums and desert roses (Echeveria).

b. A plant of the predominantly African genus Adenium (family Apocynaceae) of shrubby or tree-like succulents with distinctive bulbous stems and colourful flowers; esp. A. obesum, widely grown as a houseplant.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > non-British flowers > of Africa

ghap1819

Streptocarpus1828

pineapple flower1884

African violet1895

saintpaulia1895

Cape hyacinth1924

bottle tree1931

desert rose1942

1942 Jrnl. E. Afr. & Uganda Nat. Hist. Soc. 16 124 ‘Mock-Azalea’ or ‘Desert Rose’, is a low shrub.

1986 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 3 Dec. I note that you call Adenium ‘Desert rose’. Calling it that must lead to confusion as there are several native Australian plants which answer to that name.

2003 A. Hartley Zanzibar Chest 53 Mum loved her Adenium desert roses. This plant had a few plump branches that produced pinkish or dark red blooms aboveground.

2. Geology. = rose n.¹ 11d.

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the world > the earth > minerals > mineral structure or appearance > [noun] > crystal structure > specific form

needlestone1805

rose1851

spodiosite1887

rosette1905

sand-barite1906

allotriomorph1914

desert rose1929

rock rose1933

peloid1963

1929 60th Anniv. Endowment Amer. Mus. (60th Ann. Rep. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist.) 39 The mineral collection has received..a number of those interesting aggregates of gypsum crystals that are known in North Africa as ‘Desert Roses’.

1937 Children's Mus. News Apr. 3 Desert roses are formed only of minerals which are very slightly soluble in water, and which have a flat crystalline structure.

1955 R. M. Pearl How to know Minerals & Rocks iii. 32 The loose sand and sagebrush areas of deserts yield..flowerlike groups of crystals, including the attractive ‘desert roses’ and ‘barite roses’.

2009 K. Hardy Surrender to Playboy Sheikh 65 ‘It's not a carving—it's a desert rose,’ he explained. ‘Gypsum, with sand inclusions’.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	desert rose
释义	desert rosen. Brit. /ˈdɛzət ˌrəʊz/, U.S. /ˈdɛzərt ˈroʊz/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: desert n.², rose n.¹ Etymology: < desert n.² + rose n.¹ 1. a. Any of various flowering plants found in relatively dry or arid environments. Frequently in figurative contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > names applied to various plants > [noun] heatha700 beeworteOE leversc725 springworteOE clotec1000 halswortc1000 sengreenc1000 bottle?a1200 bird's-tonguea1300 bloodworta1300 faverolea1300 vetchc1300 pimpernel1378 oniona1398 bird's nest?a1425 adder's grassc1450 cockheada1500 ambrosia1525 fleawort1548 son before the father1552 crow-toe1562 basil1578 bird's-foot1578 bloodroot1578 throatwort1578 phalangium1608 yew1653 chalcedon1664 dittany1676 bleeding heart1691 felon-wort1706 hedgehog1712 land caltrops1727 old man's beard1731 loosestrife1760 Solomon's seal1760 fireweed1764 desert rose1792 star of Bethlehem1793 hen and chickens1794 Aaron's beard1820 felon-grass1824 arrowroot1835 snake-root1856 firebush1858 tick-seed1860 bird's eye1863 burning bush1866 rat-tail1871 lamb's earsa1876 lamb's tongue plant1882 tar-weed1884 Tom Thumb1886 parrotbeak1890 stinkweed1932 1792 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. IV. 448 There many men..like the desert rose, wasted, in vain, their uncultivated sweetness. 1836 Amer. Advocate of Peace 2 91 They bid the desert-rose to bloom, The waste with plenty glow. 1867 W. Woolls Contrib. Flora Austral. 197 The first of these [mallows], which is called ‘Sturt's Desert Rose,’ is an ornamental shrub of several feet in height. 1882 E. B. Bayly Alfreda Holme xi. 106 A night's rain had brought out fresh roses in the flower beds, where lately only the desert-rose and oleanders survived a scorching hot wind. 1905 Overland Monthly Oct. 240/1 Mabel..was as pretty, but as wild and uncultivated, as a desert rose. 1951 H. McMinn Illustr. Man. Calif. Shrubs 184 Rosa mohavensis... Desert Rose occurs in moist places of the desert slopes of the San Bernardino and San Gabriel mountains. 1963 O. Ruhen Flockmaster 57 She found, in a glade shaded by the river-gums, a desert rose blooming. 2011 Star (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 31 Dec. 18 If your patio or border faces west, choose heat-resistant, water-wise plants such as pelargoniums and desert roses (Echeveria). b. A plant of the predominantly African genus Adenium (family Apocynaceae) of shrubby or tree-like succulents with distinctive bulbous stems and colourful flowers; esp. A. obesum, widely grown as a houseplant. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > non-British flowers > of Africa ghap1819 Streptocarpus1828 pineapple flower1884 African violet1895 saintpaulia1895 Cape hyacinth1924 bottle tree1931 desert rose1942 1942 Jrnl. E. Afr. & Uganda Nat. Hist. Soc. 16 124 ‘Mock-Azalea’ or ‘Desert Rose’, is a low shrub. 1986 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 3 Dec. I note that you call Adenium ‘Desert rose’. Calling it that must lead to confusion as there are several native Australian plants which answer to that name. 2003 A. Hartley Zanzibar Chest 53 Mum loved her Adenium desert roses. This plant had a few plump branches that produced pinkish or dark red blooms aboveground. 2. Geology. = rose n.¹ 11d. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > mineral structure or appearance > [noun] > crystal structure > specific form needlestone1805 rose1851 spodiosite1887 rosette1905 sand-barite1906 allotriomorph1914 desert rose1929 rock rose1933 peloid1963 1929 60th Anniv. Endowment Amer. Mus. (60th Ann. Rep. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist.) 39 The mineral collection has received..a number of those interesting aggregates of gypsum crystals that are known in North Africa as ‘Desert Roses’. 1937 Children's Mus. News Apr. 3 Desert roses are formed only of minerals which are very slightly soluble in water, and which have a flat crystalline structure. 1955 R. M. Pearl How to know Minerals & Rocks iii. 32 The loose sand and sagebrush areas of deserts yield..flowerlike groups of crystals, including the attractive ‘desert roses’ and ‘barite roses’. 2009 K. Hardy Surrender to Playboy Sheikh 65 ‘It's not a carving—it's a desert rose,’ he explained. ‘Gypsum, with sand inclusions’. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1792
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