California rose
noun
Definition of California rose
: a perennial bindweed cultivar (Calystegia hederacea synonym Convolvulus japonicus) of eastern Asia that is naturalized in the eastern United States and has sterile pink double flowers
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Origin and Etymology of california rose
probably so called from a belief that it came from California
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