Cherokee rose

Cherokee rose

n. A prickly climbing evergreen rose (Rosa laevigata) native to China and naturalized in the southeast United States, having showy white fragrant flowers.

Cherokee rose

n (Plants) an evergreen climbing Chinese rose, Rosa laevigata, that now grows wild in the southern US, having large white fragrant flowers

Cher′okee rose′

n. the fragrant white rose of a prickly, climbing shrub, Rosa laevigata, orig. from China and naturalized in the southern U.S.: the state flower of Georgia. [1815–25, Amer.]

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Cherokee rose - Chinese climbing rose with fragrant white blossomsRosa laevigatarose, rosebush - any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses