damask rose

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noun

a fragrant, pink rose, Rosa damascena.

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Origin of damask rose

First recorded in 1530–40

Words nearby damask rose

Damascene, Damascenus, Damascus, Damascus steel, damask, damask rose, Damastes, Damasus I, Damasus II, d'Amboise, dame

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How to use damask rose in a sentence

It was monstrous that this English damask rose should fall a prey to so detestable a person as the Comte de Lussigny.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
Then she looked down at her pink damask rose—it was withered.
Patchwork|Anna Balmer Myers
The Damask Rose (No. 5) remains to us under the same name, telling its own history.
The plant-lore and garden-craft of Shakespeare|Henry Nicholson Ellacombe
Aminta's cheeks unrolled their deep damask rose at the abrupt intrusion of the name.
Lord Ormont and his Aminta, Complete|George Meredith

Thou eating canker-worm, that preyest upon the opening bud, and turnest the damask-rose into livid yellowness!
Clarissa, Volume 6 (of 9)|Samuel Richardson

British Dictionary definitions for damask rose

damask rose

noun

a rose, Rosa damascena, native to Asia and cultivated for its pink or red fragrant flowers, which are used to make the perfume attar

Word Origin for damask rose

C16: from Medieval Latin rosa damascēna rose of Damascus

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