saltspray rose en · NOUN
Meanings
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A plant of the rose species Rosa rugosa.
1991, Scott Russell Sanders, Secrets of the Universe: Scenes from the Journey Home, Boston: Beacon Press, Part 2, “Jailhouse Blues,” p. 139, I followed the tracks as they meandered from lane to field of purple beach peas and saltspray roses […]
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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| saltspray roses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (6)
fi kurtturuusu (Rosa rugosa) · ru шипо́вник морщи́нистый (Rosa rugosa) · cs růže svraskalá (Rosa rugosa) · sv vresros (Rosa rugosa) · de Kartoffelrose (Rosa rugosa) · nl rimpelroos (Rosa rugosa)