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China rose
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China rose
n.
A Chinese rose (Rosa chinensis) having mostly red, pink, or white flowers. It is an ancestor of many cultivated hybrid roses.
China rose
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a rosaceous shrub, Rosa chinensis (or R. indica), with red, pink, or white fragrant flowers: the ancestor of many cultivated roses
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a related dwarf plant, Rosa semperflorens, having crimson flowers
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) another name for hibiscus
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Noun1.China roseChina rose - shrubby Chinese rose; ancestor of many cultivated garden roses
Bengal rose, Rosa chinensis
rose, rosebush - any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
2.China roseChina rose - large showy Asiatic shrub or small tree having large single or double red to deep-red flowers
Chinese hibiscus, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, Rose of China, shoe black, shoeblack plant
hibiscus - any plant of the genus Hibiscus


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