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LENTEN ROSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lenten rose mean?
• LENTEN ROSE (noun)
The noun LENTEN ROSE has 1 sense:
1. slightly hairy perennial having deep green leathery leaves and flowers that are ultimately purplish-green
Familiarity information: LENTEN ROSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Slightly hairy perennial having deep green leathery leaves and flowers that are ultimately purplish-green
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
black hellebore; Helleborus orientalis; lenten rose
Hypernyms ("lenten rose" is a kind of...):
hellebore (any plant of the Eurasian genus Helleborus)
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