| 单词 | monthly rose |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmonthly rose monthly rose n. now historical any of several old roses with a remontant habit, esp. (originally) Rosa × damascena var. semperflorens, (later) the China rose, R. chinensis, formerly supposed to flower every month. ΚΠ 1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 73 in Sylva August..Flowers in Prime..Musk-Rose, Monethly Rose. 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) II. 164 The Monthly Rose bearing Flowers only three Months in England. 1866 Chambers's Encycl. VIII. 335/2 The name Monthly Rose is often given to it from the notion that it flowers every month. 1955 G. S. Thomas Old Shrub Roses ix. 60 There was one ancient Rose which under favourable conditions of high culture and special pruning often produced a second crop of flowers in the autumn. This Rose was known in England as the Monthly Rose. 1997 Countryman Spring 30 The old village residents..pointed out the sweet rocket, the white sneezewort and the monthly rose—‘Old Blush China’—flowering beautifully in May. < as lemmas |
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