saltspray rose
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Saltspray rose growing on a beach
Noun
saltspray rose (plural saltspray roses)
- A plant of the rose species Rosa rugosa.
- 1991, Scott Russell Sanders, Secrets of the Universe: Scenes from the Journey Home, Boston: Beacon Press, Part 2, “Jailhouse Blues,” p. 139,
- I followed the tracks as they meandered from lane to field of purple beach peas and saltspray roses […]
- 2010, Marlaine Delargy (translator), Drowned by Therese Bohman, New York: Other Press, Part 1, p. 48,
- Every holiday when we were little we went to some cottage by the sea, to sandy Swedish beaches shelving gently into the water, saltspray roses in full bloom […]
- 1991, Scott Russell Sanders, Secrets of the Universe: Scenes from the Journey Home, Boston: Beacon Press, Part 2, “Jailhouse Blues,” p. 139,
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