Definition of Confederate rose

1. Noun. Chinese shrub or small tree having white or pink flowers becoming deep red at night; widely cultivated; naturalized in southeastern United States.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Confederate Rose

Conepatus
Conepatus leuconotus
Conestoga
Conestoga wagon
Conestoga wagons
Coney Island hot dog
Coney Island hot dogs
Coney Island whitefish
Confederacy
Confederate
Confederate Army
Confederate States
Confederate States of America
Confederate flag
Confederate rose (current term)
Confederate rose mallow
Confederate soldier
Confederates
Confederation
Conformist
Confucian
Confucianism
Confucianisms
Confucianist
Confucianists
Confucians
Confucius
Cong.
Congaree

Literary usage of Confederate rose

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

1. Astoria: Or, Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains by Washington ( Irving (1886)
"... and according to previous arrangements, consigned to their cherishing friendship and fraternal adoption their worthy confederate, Rose; who, ..."

2. Works by Washington Irving (1895)
"... and according to previous arrangements, consigned to their cherishing friendship and fraternal adoption their worthy confederate Rose, who, ..."

3. Life of John Mitchell by William Dillon (1888)
"... that our Confederate rose-tinted money had withered, for indeed the green is far above the red now." Something had to be done, and that quickly. ..."

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