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roseling en · NOUN

Etymology

From rose + -ling.

Meanings

1. A young or miniature rose.
   • Bud grafts Promising roselings are multiplied as quickly as possible by grafting each viable bud onto a rootstock, resulting in many genetically identical roselings. 1995, Elvin McDonald, Rose gardening:
   • The sturdy floorstand holds roselings in clear plastic cylinders. Customers can pick the roseling of their choice ... These roselings are easy to plant and the consumer can fit many in one garden area. 1984, Society of American Florists, SAF. - Volumes 1-2 - Page 40:
   • To be a mere crushed flower — a roseling killed By passion's first fierce gale — were not my aim. 1887, Jessie Wilson Manning, The passion of life:
2. An herb of the spiderwort family, genus Callisia.

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