| 单词 | rose of the world |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrose of the world rose of the world n. (a) a striped variety of the French rose, Rosa gallica, with red and white flowers (now rare); †(b) a cultivated variety of camellia, Camellia japonica var. Rosa mundi, having white flowers striped or spotted with crimson (obsolete). ΚΠ 1682 S. Gilbert Florists Vade-mecum 147 Rosa Mundi, the Rose of the World for Scent and form like the common red one, but their colours differ to admiration. 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 476 The Rose of the World..differs not from the former, but in the colour of its Leaves. 1830 J. C. Loudon Hortus Britannicus Index 570/1 Rose of the World. 1836 Amer. Gardener's Mag. Mar. 96 Caméllia japónica Ròsa múndi... Rose of the World. Venusta of some collections. 1958 V. Sackville-west Even More for your Garden (2004) 129 If you like the striped roses there are Honorine de Brabant and Commondant Beaupaire, 1874, pink and white like Rosa mundi, but not, I contend, as good as that ancient Rose of the World. < as lemmas |
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