Meanings
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, I followed the tracks as they meandered from lane to field of purple beach peas and saltspray roses […]
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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 […]
2010, Therese Bohman, “Drowned”, in Marlaine Delargy, transl., Other Press, New York, Part 1, p. 48Synonyms: beach rose, rugosa
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA plant of the rose species Rosa rugosa.
Translations
Czech růže svraskalá
- růže svraskaláRosa rugosa
Dutch rimpelroos
- rimpelroosRosa rugosa
Finnish kurtturuusu
- kurtturuusuRosa rugosa
German Kartoffelrose
- KartoffelroseRosa rugosa
Russian шипо́вник морщи́нистый
- шипо́вник морщи́нистый (šipóvnik morščínistyj)Rosa rugosa
Swedish vresros
- vresrosRosa rugosa
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