China rose

noun

A plant or flower of the repeat-blooming Chinese rose species Rosa chinensis.

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elderflower roseRosa cymosaChinese hibiscusHibiscus rosa-sinensisChinese roseBengal rosechinaRosa chinensis

Meanings

nounChina rose (plural China roses)

plural China roses

  1. A plant or flower of the repeat-blooming Chinese rose species Rosa chinensis.
  2. A plant or flower of one of the class of hybrids developed from Rosa chinensis.
  3. Synonym of elderflower rose, Rosa cymosa.

    Synonyms: elderflower rose, Rosa cymosa

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of elderflower rose, Rosa cymosa.

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elderflower roseRosa cymosa

nounSynonym of Chinese hibiscus, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis.

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Chinese hibiscusHibiscus rosa-sinensis

Rosa chinensis

More synonyms by meaning

nounshrubby Chinese rose; ancestor of many cultivated garden roses

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Bengal roseRosa chinensis

nounlarge showy Asiatic shrub or small tree having large single or double red to deep-red flowers

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Chinese hibiscusRose of Chinashoeblack plantshoe blackHibiscus rosa-sinensis
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

China rose. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/China%20rose

MLA

“China rose.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/China%20rose. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “China rose,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/China%20rose.

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