saltspray rose
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Noun
[edit]saltspray rose (plural saltspray roses)
- A plant of the rose species Rosa rugosa.
- 1991, Scott Russell Sanders, Secrets of the Universe: Scenes from the Journey Home, Boston: Beacon Press, Part 2, “Jailhouse Blues,” p. 139,[1]
- I followed the tracks as they meandered from lane to field of purple beach peas and saltspray roses […]
- 2010, Therese Bohman, “Drowned”, in Marlaine Delargy, transl., Other Press[2], New York, Part 1, p. 48:
- Every holiday when we were little we went to some cottage by the sea, to sandy Swedish beaches shelving gently into the water, saltspray roses in full bloom […]
- 1991, Scott Russell Sanders, Secrets of the Universe: Scenes from the Journey Home, Boston: Beacon Press, Part 2, “Jailhouse Blues,” p. 139,[1]
Synonyms
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[edit]Rosa rugosa
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