Meanings
nountea rose (plural tea roses)
plural tea roses
- A plant of a Chinese rose species with tea-scented flowers, Rosa odorata.
- A flower from such a plant.
- A plant of one of the classes of hybrid roses developed from Rosa odorata, usually including crosses with the repeat-blooming China rose, Rosa chinensis in their ancestry.
- A flower from such a plant.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounany of several hybrid bush roses derived from a tea-scented Chinese rose with pink or yellow flowers
Similar
Rosa odorata
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Irish taerós
- taerósRosa odorata
Polish róża pachnąca, róża herbaciana
- róża pachnącaRosa odorata
- róża herbacianaRosa odorata
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Chicago
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