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CHINA ROSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does China rose mean?
• CHINA ROSE (noun)
The noun CHINA ROSE has 2 senses:
1. shrubby Chinese rose; ancestor of many cultivated garden roses
2. large showy Asiatic shrub or small tree having large single or double red to deep-red flowers
Familiarity information: CHINA ROSE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shrubby Chinese rose; ancestor of many cultivated garden roses
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Bengal rose; China rose; Rosa chinensis
Hypernyms ("China rose" is a kind of...):
rose; rosebush (any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Large showy Asiatic shrub or small tree having large single or double red to deep-red flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
China rose; Chinese hibiscus; Hibiscus rosa-sinensis; Rose of China; shoe black; shoeblack plant
Hypernyms ("China rose" is a kind of...):
hibiscus (any plant of the genus Hibiscus)
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