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CLIFF ROSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cliff rose mean?
• CLIFF ROSE (noun)
The noun CLIFF ROSE has 1 sense:
1. tufted thrift of seacoasts and mountains of north temperate zone; occasionally grown as a ground cover
Familiarity information: CLIFF ROSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tufted thrift of seacoasts and mountains of north temperate zone; occasionally grown as a ground cover
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Armeria maritima; cliff rose; sea pink
Hypernyms ("cliff rose" is a kind of...):
thrift (any of numerous sun-loving low-growing evergreens of the genus Armeria having round heads of pink or white flowers)
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