rose of Heaven

noun

1. a plant, Lychnis coeli-rosa, of the pink family, native to the Mediterranean region, having solitary terminal, rose-pink flowers.

Word History and Origins

Origin of rose of Heaven¹

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

It was known in French as the Eye of God; and the Rose of Heaven.

From Project Gutenberg

And the gray dawn came creeping up the world, while in the eastern sky it was as though an angel of God had plucked a red rose of heaven and scattered its leaves abroad.

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They all have quaint names, that in the west façade being called the “Rose of the Sea”; that in the north the “Rose of the Winds”; that in the south the “Rose of Heaven.”

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Above me in the eternal blue Fluttered white clouds, And sparkled the eternal sun, The Rose of heaven, the fire-blossoming, Which joyously was mirrored in the sea.

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O Love, the glory nears; The Gates of Pearl are flung apart, The Rose of Heaven appears.

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