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desert roses

desert roses is the plural of desert rose.

Meaning of desert rose

Noun

desert rose (plural desert roses)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see desert, rose.
  2. A flowering plant of species Adenium obesum, native to Africa and the Middle East; a common ornamental.
  3. A star rose, gooseberry rose (Rosa stellata), a rose native to North America.
  4. Sturt’s desert rose (Gossypium sturtianum), of Australia.
  5. A rosette of gypsum or barite crystals formed under certain conditions.
  6. (poetic) An attractive women found in an arid environment

Questions about desert roses

What is desert roses the plural of?
Desert roses is the plural of desert rose.

Words near desert roses in the dictionary

  1. desert rat
  2. desert rats
  3. desert rheumatism
  4. desert rock
  5. desert rose
  6. desert roses
  7. desert rue
  8. desert sand
  9. desert sands
  10. Desert Shores
  11. desert soil

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