apothecary rose

noun

A plant of an ancient cultivated variety of gallica rose, Rosa gallica var. officinalis.

Meanings

nounapothecary rose (plural apothecary roses)

plural apothecary roses

  1. A plant of an ancient cultivated variety of gallica rose, Rosa gallica var. officinalis.
  2. The flower of such a plant.
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