China rose Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun shrubby Chinese rose; ancestor of many cultivated garden roses
Bengal rose; Rosa chinensis.
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noun large showy Asiatic shrub or small tree having large single or double red to deep-red flowers
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis; shoeblack plant; Chinese hibiscus; shoe black; Rose of China.
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(Bot.) (a) A popular name for several free-blooming varieties of rose derived from the Rosa Indica, and perhaps other species.(b) A flowering hothouse plant (Hibiscus Rosa-Sinensis ) of the Mallow family, common in the gardens of China and the east Indies.