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Provence rose

Provence rose \Prov"ence rose`\ [Provence the place + rose.]

  1. The cabbage rose ( Rosa centifolia).

  2. A name of many kinds of roses which are hybrids of Rosa centifolia and Rosa Gallica.

Usage examples of "provence rose".

Adam was wise enough to choose a compact Provence rose that peeped out half-smothered by its flaunting scentless neighbours, and held it in his hand--he thought he should be more at ease holding something in his hand--as he walked on to the far end of the garden, where he remembered there was the largest row of currant-trees, not far off from the great yew-tree arbour.