Definition of Rosa banksia

1. Noun. Chinese evergreen climbing rose with yellow or white single flowers.

Exact synonyms: Banksia Rose
Generic synonyms: Rose, Rosebush

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rosa Banksia

Roquefort dressing
Roraima
Roridulaceae
Rorippa
Rorippa amphibia
Rorippa islandica
Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum
Rorschach
Rorschach test
Rorschach tests
Rortyan
Rory
Ros
Rosa
Rosa Parks
Rosa banksia (current term)
Rosa canina
Rosa chinensis
Rosa damascena
Rosa eglanteria
Rosa laevigata
Rosa moschata
Rosa multiflora
Rosa odorata
Rosa pendulina
Rosa spithamaea
Rosaceae
Rosai-Dorman disease
Rosaleen
Rosalie

Literary usage of Rosa banksia

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

1. The Book of Roses by Louis Durand (1911)
"The original species, Rosa banksia Alba, has white flowers, but there is a yellow variety. A beautiful little Rose is the Corsican Rosa ..."

2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"The Banksian (Rosa banksia?). Two varieties of this are known, the yellow and the white. Requires greenhouse treatment: evergreen: needs very little pruning ..."

3. A Book about Roses: How to Grow and Show Them by Samuel Reynolds Hole (1900)
"BANKSIAN ROSES (Rosa banksia). Alba or White. White. Violet-scented. Half-hardy and sub-evergreen. Lutea or Yellow. Yellow. Half-hardy and sub-evergreen. ..."

4. The Gardener's Magazine and Register of Rural and Domestic Improvement by J C Loudon (1838)
"Laffay, for instance, has this season obtained a vigorous and very thorny variety of Rosa banksia-; which, should it fulfil his expectations, by producing, ..."

5. The Rose Amateur's Guide by Thomas Rivers (1840)
"The Rosa banksia Odoratissima, lately introduced from France, and in some catalogues said to have rose-co- ..."

6. Manual of Roses: Comprising the Most Complete History of the Rose, Including by William Robert Prince (1846)
"... and brilliant color ; it may be deemed as superseded by the numerous climbers of a superior character. THE BANKSIAN ROSE. Rosa banksia. ..."

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