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damask rose

noun

  1. a fragrant, pink rose, Rosa damascena.


damask rose

noun

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

Origin of damask rose1

First recorded in 1530–40
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Word History and Origins

Origin of damask rose1

C16: from Medieval Latin rosa damascēna rose of Damascus
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Example Sentences

It was monstrous that this English damask rose should fall a prey to so detestable a person as the Comte de Lussigny.

Then she looked down at her pink damask rose—it was withered.

The Damask Rose (No. 5) remains to us under the same name, telling its own history.

Aminta's cheeks unrolled their deep damask rose at the abrupt intrusion of the name.

Thou eating canker-worm, that preyest upon the opening bud, and turnest the damask-rose into livid yellowness!

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