noun
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
• Syn: ↑rose
• Hyponyms:
↑mountain rose, ↑Rosa pendulina, ↑ground rose, ↑Rosa spithamaea, ↑banksia rose, ↑Rosa banksia, ↑dog rose, ↑Rosa canina, ↑China rose, ↑Bengal rose, ↑Rosa chinensis, ↑damask rose, ↑summer damask rose, ↑Rosa damascena, ↑sweetbrier, ↑sweetbriar, ↑brier, ↑briar, ↑eglantine, ↑Rosa eglanteria, ↑Cherokee rose, ↑Rosa laevigata, ↑multiflora, ↑multiflora rose, ↑Japanese rose, ↑baby rose, ↑Rosa multiflora, ↑musk rose, ↑Rosa moschata, ↑tea rose, ↑Rosa odorata
• Member Holonyms: ↑Rosa, ↑genus Rosa
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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun1. : a shrubby rose
2. Australia : a small timber tree (Eupomatia laurina) with soft coarse-grained yellowish brown wood
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/rohz"boosh'/, n.
a shrub that bears roses.
[1580-90; ROSE1 + BUSH1]
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roseˈbush noun
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Main Entry: ↑rose
Useful english dictionary. 2012.