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ˈmusk-ˈrose
[So called from its musky odour; cf. F. rose muscade and the botanical name.]
A rambling rose (Rosa moschata), having large fragrant white flowers, in panicled clusters.
1577B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. ii. (1586) 66 b marg., Muske-roses. 1590Shakes. Mids. N. ii. i. 252. 1625 Bacon Ess., Gardens (Arb.) 556 In May and Iune, come..Roses of all kinds, except the Muske, which comes later. 1637Milton Lycidas 146. 1707 Mortimer Husb. (1721) II. 165 The Spanish Musk Rose. a1763Shenstone Elegies xviii. 10, I steal the musk rose from the scented brake. 1837Rivers Rose Amateur's Guide 86 The Blush Musk, or Fraser's Musk, or Rosa Fraserii, is not quite a pure Musk Rose. Ibid., The Ranunculus, or new White Musk, is merely an improved variety of the old, or original Musk Rose. 1842Tennyson Gardener's Dau. 189 Then for roses, moss or musk, To grace my city rooms.
attrib.1590Shakes. Mids. N. ii. ii. 3 Some to kill Cankers in the muske rose buds. |