moss rosen.
/ˈmɒs rəʊz/, U.S. /ˈmɔs ˌroʊz/, /ˈmɑs ˌroʊz/ 1. A cultivar of the Provence (cabbage) rose, Rosa centifolia, with a mosslike covering of glands on the calyx and pedicel.
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summer rosea1456
French rose1538
damask rose?a1547
musk rose1559
province1562
winter rose1577
Austrian brier1590
rose of Provence1597
velvet rose1597
damasine-rose1607
Provence rose1614
blush-rose1629
maiden's blush1648
monthly rose tree1664
Provinsa1678
York and Lancaster rose1688
cinnamon rose1699
muscat rose1707
cabbage rose1727
China-rose1731
old-fashioned rose1773
moss rose1777
swamp rose1785
alba1797
Cherokee rose1804
Macartney rose1811
shepherd's rose1818
multiflora1820
prairie rose1822
Boursault1826
Banksian rose1827
maiden rose1827
moss1829
Noisette1829
seven sisters rose1830
Dundee rambler1834
Banksia rose1835
Chickasaw rose1835
Bourbon1836
climbing rose1836
green rose1837
hybrid China1837
Jaune Desprez1837
Lamarque1837
perpetual1837
pillar rose1837
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wax rose1837
rugosa1840
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Persian Yellow1848
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tea rose1850
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Gloire de Dijon1854
Jacqueminot1857
Maréchal Niel1864
primrose1864
jack1867
La France1868
tea1869
Ramanas rose1876
Japanese rose1883
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old rose1885
American Beauty1887
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Japan rose1895
roselet1896
floribunda1898
Zéphirine Drouhin1901
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Dorothy Perkins1903
sweetheart1905
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mermaid1918
species rose1930
sweetheart rose1936
peace1944
shrub rose1948
1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I Rosa Provincialis, spinosissima, pedunculo muscoso. The Moss Province Rose.]
1777 Ann. Reg. 1776 118 Half a guinea for some moss roses.
1800 S. T. Coleridge Keepsake 30 There..she sate and stretched The silk upon the frame, and worked her name Between the Moss-Rose and Forget-me-not.
1888 Times 20 Aug. 10/3 To the question..Is the white moss rose becoming extinct? The proper answer is, No.
1900 W. Robinson Eng. Flower Garden (ed. 8) 777/1 Success with Moss Roses cannot be had except in good rich soil.
1988 New Yorker 4 July 18/2 Moss roses, with their resinous fragrance.
2. U.S. A purslane, esp. garden purslane, Portulaca oleraceae.
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portulaca1400
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purslanea1400
purpyc1485
pussley1775
moss rose1929
1929 A. Ellis Life Ordinary Woman 16 A pan of moss roses mama had brought from home.
1961 M. M. Wills & H. S. Irwin Roadside Flowers Texas 109 The Moss-rose grows here and there along roadsides and in sandy fields.
1994 S. Murphey Bean Blossom Dreams b. 312 The little moss roses will bloom in a mix of scarlet, tangerine, yellow, and white, throughout the season, changing their color combinations all the time.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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