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prairie rose
noun
- a climbing rose, Rosa setigera, of the central U.S., having pinkish to white flowers: the state flower of North Dakota.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of prairie rose1
An Americanism dating back to 1815–25
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Example Sentences
So Prairie Rose made the toilsome journey up through the dark ground and came out upon the sad gray prairie.
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The valley was narrow to the west and to the east; the prairie rose towards the mountains, and some old oaks grew on it.
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The river, the forest and the prairie rose up into the light, everything standing out, sharp and clear.
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Even where he rode the prairie rose and fell, the trail dipping into hollows, on its rise to sweep over higher land.
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The fragrant prairie rose, the State flower, blossoms profusely in fields and along roadsides.
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