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Damascena
Damascena may refer to:
- Nigella damascena, annual garden flowering plant
- Rosa damascena, rose hybrid
Usage examples of "damascena".
Like many of the ancient roses, it had a number of names: Damascena bifera, the Rose of Paestum, "Quatre Saisons," called the Rose of Castile by the Spaniards who carried it to America.
The list went on and on: pot marigold and winter cherry, salvia and summer jasmine and Virginia creeperanother of Tradescant's imports from the wilds of North Americaand roses, autumn damask, rosa damascena, the White Rose of York .
But someone evidently cared enough to plant Rosa damascena on her grave.