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saltspray rose

saltspray rose noun: a plant of the rose species Rosa rugosa.

saltspray rose: a plant of the rose species Rosa rugosa
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Noun

saltspray rose (plural saltspray roses)

  1. A plant of the rose species Rosa rugosa.
    • I followed the tracks as they meandered from lane to field of purple beach peas and saltspray roses […]1991, Scott Russell Sanders, Secrets of the Universe: Scenes from the Journey Home, Boston: Beacon Press, Part 2, “Jailhouse Blues,” p. 139
    • 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. 48
    Synonyms:
    beach rose, rugosa

Synonyms of saltspray rose

Forms of saltspray rose

pluralsaltspray roses

Questions about saltspray rose

What does saltspray rose mean?
Saltspray rose means a plant of the rose species Rosa rugosa.
What part of speech is saltspray rose?
Saltspray rose is a noun.
What is the plural of saltspray rose?
The plural of saltspray rose is saltspray roses.

Words near saltspray rose in the dictionary

  1. saltspoonful
  2. saltspoonfuls
  3. saltspoons
  4. saltspoonsful
  5. saltspray
  6. saltspray rose
  7. saltspray roses
  8. saltsprays
  9. saltstone
  10. saltstones
  11. saltus

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