Definition of Cherokee rose

1. Noun. Chinese climbing rose with fragrant white blossoms.

Exact synonyms: Rosa Laevigata
Generic synonyms: Rose, Rosebush

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cherokee Rose

Cheremis
Cheremiss
Cherenkov effect
Cherenkov radiation
Cherepovets
Cheri
Cherkasy
Cherkess Autonomous Oblast
Cherkessk
Chermidae
Chernihiv
Chernivtsi
Chernobyl
Chernobyls
Cherokee
Cherokee rose (current term)
Cherokees
Cherry
Cherubini
Cherusci
Cheryl
Chesapeake Bay
Chesapeake Bay retriever
Cheshire
Cheshire cat
Cheshire cheese
Cheshvan
Chessy copper
Chester
Chester A. Arthur

Literary usage of Cherokee rose

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Rose Annual by American Rose Society (1921)
"... R. nivea; R. Camellia; and Cherokee rose. From China, Formosa, and Japan, naturalized in southern states. High climber; slender green prickly branches. ..."

2. Plant Life of Alabama: An Account of the Distribution, Modes of Association by Charles Mohr (1901)
"... every trace is obliterated of the time and manner in which it may have been introduced. Such instances are found in the Cherokee rose ..."

3. Maybloom and Myrtle by Samuel Minturn Peck (1910)
"THE Cherokee rose 'Mid glossy green leaflets, a joy to the day, In my garden you seem like a dryad astray, WHITE-BROWED and gold-hearted, at morning a-sway, ..."

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