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moss rose
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moss rose

noun

Definition of MOSS ROSE

1
: an old-fashioned garden rose (Rosa centifolia mucosa) that has a glandular mossy calyx and flower stalk
2
: a South American portulaca (Portulaca grandiflora) grown for its showy flowers

First Known Use of MOSS ROSE

1776

Rhymes with MOSS ROSE

appose, bluenose, brownnose, compose, depose, dextrose, disclose, dispose, dog rose, enclose, expose, foreclose, fructose, glucose, hardnose, impose, Montrose, musk rose, old rose, oppose, primrose, propose, pug nose, repose, rockrose, suppose, transpose, tuberose, unclose, viscose, wind rose

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