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Queen Elizabeth

Queen Elizabeth noun: rosa ‘Queen Elizabeth’, a pink grandiflora rose cultivar.

queen elizabeth: rosa ‘Queen Elizabeth’, a pink grandiflora rose cultivar
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Noun

Queen Elizabeth (plural Queen Elizabeths)

  1. Rosa ‘Queen Elizabeth’, a pink grandiflora rose cultivar.
    • Now why should this magnificent, almost iridiscent flower, so splendid a grower, be called Super Star, and not some delightfully feminine name? I am to blame for that.[…]There were just those three Super Stars in the world, blooming anonymously in Tantau’s garden, when I first saw them. But it was...1970, Harry Wheatcroft, In Praise of Roses, London: Barrie & Jenkins, page 24
    • Finally, she got up at dawn one morning to see what was eating the roses. She was astounded to find a magnificent 6-point stag browsing among the roses, and then choosing one of her Queen Elizabeths for breakfast!2001, Linda Schiphorst McCoy, “Expecting”, in It’s News To Me!: Messages Of Hope For Those Who Haven’t Heard: Gospel Sermons for Advent/Christmas/Epiphany, Cycle A, Lima, Oh.: CSS Publishing Company...

Examples of Queen Elizabeth in a sentence

  • But it was different with Queen Elizabeth.1970, Harry Wheatcroft, In Praise of Roses, London: Barrie & Jenkins, page 24:
  • It was the only thing she had requested, her Tropicana roses in brilliant red and orange and her prized Queen Elizabeths.2011, Julian Guthrie, “Suffering”, in The Grace of Everyday Saints: How a Band of Believers Lost Their Church and Found Their Faith...

Forms of Queen Elizabeth

pluralQueen Elizabeths

Origin of Queen Elizabeth

Named after Elizabeth II.

Questions about Queen Elizabeth

What does Queen Elizabeth mean?
Queen Elizabeth means rosa ‘Queen Elizabeth’, a pink grandiflora rose cultivar.
How do you use Queen Elizabeth in a sentence?
But it was different with Queen Elizabeth.
What part of speech is Queen Elizabeth?
Queen Elizabeth is a noun.
What is the plural of Queen Elizabeth?
The plural of Queen Elizabeth is Queen Elizabeths.

Words near Queen Elizabeth in the dictionary

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  8. Queen Elizabeth Land
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  10. queen excluder
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