Macartneyn.
/məˈkɑːtni/, U.S. /məˈkɑrtni/ 1. Macartney rose n. (also †Macartney's rose) an evergreen white-flowered climbing rose, Rosa bracteata, native to China and Taiwan, which was introduced to Britain in 1793 by Lord Macartney.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > rose and allied flowers > rose > types of rose flower or bush
summer rosea1456
French rose1538
damask rose?a1547
musk rose1559
province1562
winter rose1577
Austrian brier1590
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velvet rose1597
damasine-rose1607
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muscat rose1707
cabbage rose1727
China-rose1731
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moss rose1777
swamp rose1785
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Cherokee rose1804
Macartney rose1811
shepherd's rose1818
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climbing rose1836
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hybrid China1837
Jaune Desprez1837
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Gloire de Dijon1854
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American Beauty1887
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sweetheart1905
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species rose1930
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peace1944
shrub rose1948
1811 Curtis's Bot. Mag. 34 1377 Macartny's [sic] Rose... Native of China, whence it was introduced by Lord Macartny [sic], on his return from his embassy to that country.
1837 T. Rivers Rose Amateur's Guide 87 The single Macartney Rose was brought from China.
1908 H. H. Robbins Our First Ambassador to China p. viii The design on the cover of the book is one adapted from a sprig of the original Macartney rose, growing in the North of Ireland.
1955 C. C. Hurst in G. S. Thomas Old Shrub Roses ix. 93 So many different species have been concerned in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries... Macartney Roses from R[osa] bracteata [etc.].
1974 Country Life 21 Mar. 631/1 The Macartney Rose, Rosa bracteata, belongs essentially to late summer..an exquisite creature with large white blooms and golden stamens.
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the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Lophura > lophura ignitus (fire-back)
fire-backed pheasant1797
fireback1829
Macartney1834
1797 in G. Staunton Authentic Acct. Embassy to China I. vii. 248 It may be called the fire-backed pheasant.
1813 C. J. Temminck Hist. Nat. des Pigeons II. 273 Houpifère Macartney. Gallus Macartneyi. Mihi...Cette belle espèce de Gallinacé..a été indiquée..par sir Georges Staunton, d'après un individu qui fut offert à Lord Macartney, Ambassadeur Anglais auprès de l'Empereur de la Chine.]
1834 W. Jardine Nat. Hist. Gallinaceous Birds (Naturalist's Libr.: Ornithol. III) I. 214 The Macartney Cock. Euplocamus ignitus. Fire-backed Pheasant of Java.
1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 227 The Macartneys.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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