moss rose
[moss n.1]
A garden variety of the cabbage rose, Rosa centifolia; so called from the moss-like growth on its calyx and stalk.
| [1731 Miller Gard. Dict., Rosa Provincialis, spinosissima, pedunculo muscoso. The Moss Province Rose.] 1776 Ann. Reg. 118 Half a guinea for some moss roses. 1800 Coleridge Keepsake 30 There..she sate and stretched The silk upon the frame, and worked her name Between the Moss-Rose and Forget-me-not. 1888 S. Hibberd in Times 20 Aug. 10/3 To the question..Is the white moss rose becoming extinct? the proper answer is, No. |