ROSA DAMASCENA

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Meaning:

Large hardy very fragrant pink rose; cultivated in Asia Minor as source of attar of roses; parent of many hybrids

Synonyms:

damask rose; Rosa damascena; summer damask rose

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Rosa damascena" is a kind of...):

rose; rosebush (any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses)

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