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Christmas rose
(redirected from Christmas roses)

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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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