| 单词 | rose of the virgin |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrose of the Virgin rose of the Virgin n. the rose of Jericho, Anastatica hierochuntica. ΚΠ 1866 Chambers's Encycl. VIII. 337/1 Numerous superstitions are connected with this plant, which is called Rosa Mariæ, or Rose of the Virgin. 1906 Notes & Queries 4 Aug. 97/2 The rose of Jericho, or rose of the Virgin, ranked among old botanists as a Thlaspi, Linnæus rechristening the genus Anastatica. 1990 A. Boime Social Hist. Mod. Art II. ii. viii. 459 The large red rose at the far right is the rose of the Virgin, or Resurrection plant, which was supposed to have sprung up wherever the Holy Family stopped during their flight to Egypt. < as lemmas |
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