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单词 christmas rose
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Christmas rose

[ kris-muhs rohz ]
/ ˈkrɪs məs ˌroʊz /

noun

a European hellebore, Helleborus niger, widely cultivated for its attractive and hardy evergreen leaves and white-to-purplish flowers that bloom in the winter: the entire Christmas rose plant is poisonous.
Also called black hel·le·bore [blak-hel-uh-bawr], /ˈblæk ˈhɛl əˌbɔr/, winter rose.

Origin of Christmas rose

First recorded in 1680–90

Words nearby Christmas rose

Christmas factor, Christmas fern, Christmas Island, Christmas ornament, Christmas pudding, Christmas rose, Christmas seal, Christmas stocking, Christmassy, Christmastide, Christmastime
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Example sentences from the Web for Christmas rose

  • In the south it blooms in January and is sometimes called Christmas-rose.

    Field Book of Western Wild Flowers|Margaret Armstrong

British Dictionary definitions for Christmas rose

Christmas rose

noun

an evergreen ranunculaceous plant, Helleborus niger, of S Europe and W Asia, with white or pinkish winter-blooming flowersAlso called: hellebore, winter rose
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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