单词 | apple rose |
释义 | > as lemmasapple rose apple rose n. the rose Rosa villosa, which has apple-scented blue-green foliage, pink flowers, and large hips. ΚΠ 1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole cix. 418 Rosa Pomifera maior. The great Apple Rose. The stemme or stocke of this Rose is great, couered with a darke grayish barke. 1789 W. Camden Britannia III. 100 Rosa villosa. Apple Rose; in Grasswood near Kilnsay, and elsewhere. 1873 Chambers's Encycl. V. 373/2 at Hip For this purpose [sc. preserving], the large soft hips of the Apple Rose (Rosa pomifera) are preferred. 1949 Times 20 Aug. 6/4 The apple-rose rivals them [sc. rugosa roses] with its enormous rich red fruits which have so effective a setting in the bluish foliage. 2003 Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) (Nexis) 11 Sept. 26 Called the apple rose not only for the red, apple-shaped hips, but also because the foliage and flowers smell like apples. < as lemmas |
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