Scotch rose

noun

1. a rose, Rosa spinosissima, of Eurasia, having pink, white, or yellow flowers.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Scotch rose¹

First recorded in 1725–35

Example Sentences

Shares in the maker of Absolut vodka and Chivas Regal Scotch rose 3.8 percent by 0935 GMT after Elliott said it had a stake of just over 2.5 percent and that it had met Pernod CEO Alexandre Ricard to discuss the way ahead.

From Reuters

Among the other Roses named by my cousin I recall the White Scotch Rose, sometimes called also the Burnet-leaved Rose.

From Project Gutenberg

The only yellow garden Rose common in old gardens was known simply as the "old yellow Rose," or Scotch Rose, but it came from the far East.

From Project Gutenberg

Sometimes there was a prickly semidouble yellow Rose, called by us a Scotch Rose, a Sweet Brier, or a rusty-flowered white Rose, similar, though inferior, to the Madame Plantier.

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What pleasant greetings all the cousins must have given each other; I am sure the Wistaria was glad to see the Lilac, and the Fortune's Yellow Rose was duly respectful to his old cousin, the thorny yellow Scotch Rose.

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