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Christmas rose

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Christmas rose
n.
A European perennial evergreen herb (Helleborus niger) cultivated for its white or pinkish flowers that bloom in winter.
Christmas rose
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) an evergreen ranunculaceous plant, Helleborus niger, of S Europe and W Asia, with white or pinkish winter-blooming flowers Also called hellebore winter rose
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Noun1.Christmas roseChristmas rose - European evergreen plant with white or purplish rose-like winter-blooming flowers
Helleborus niger, winter rose, black hellebore
hellebore - any plant of the Eurasian genus Helleborus


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There is no amaranth, no pomegranate here, But can your heart forget the Christmas rose, The crocuses and snowdrops once so dear?
The Guardian by Pater, Walter Horatio View in context
It was a comfortable room, though the carpet was faded and the furniture very plain, for a good picture or two hung on the walls, books filled the recesses, chrysanthemums and Christmas roses bloomed in the windows, and a pleasant atmosphere of home peace pervaded it.
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