rose moss

noun

1. a portulaca, Portulaca grandiflora, widely cultivated for its showy flowers.

rose moss

noun

1. a low-growing portulacaceous plant, Portulaca grandiflora , native to Brazil but widely cultivated as a garden plant for its brightly coloured flowers

Example Sentences

The flowers are red and yellow mixed and about the size and shape of Rose Moss.

From Project Gutenberg

Yeatman sent me a hamper from Wiltshire, and several friends here have given me odds and ends, and our old friend Miss Sulivan, before she went abroad, sent me a farewell memorial of sweet things—Lavender, Rosemary, Cabbage Rose, Moss Rose, and Jessamine!!!—Oh! talking of sweet things, I must tell you—I went into the market here one day this last autumn, and of a man standing there—I bought a dug-up clump of bay tree—for 2/6.

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Rose moss WhiteMagenta JuneAug. ½-¾ ft.

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