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Definition of Bog rose
1. Noun. A bog orchid with usually a solitary fragrant magenta pink blossom with a wide gaping corolla; Canada.
Group relationships: Genus Arethusa
Generic synonyms: Arethusa
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bog Rose
Literary usage of Bog rose
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... R. rubiginosa, the Sweet Brier, represented by several varieties, R. canino,
the bog rose, of which no fewer than twenty-nine varieties are described, ..."
2. Arthur Young's Tour in Ireland (1776-1779) by Arthur Young, Arthur Wollaston Hutton, John Parker Anderson (1892)
"... the bog rose in a hill between it and the old river ; there is now a fall the
whole way, except where the hill stood, which is the lowest part. ..."
3. The ladies' companion to the flower garden: Being an Alphabetical by Jane Loudon, Mrs Loudon (1858)
"... with its very numerous varieties ; the common Bog-rose, or Briar, R. canina,
which is common in the hedges in England, and its multitude of varieties ..."
4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1864)
"... in 1840, and which was presented to him by the Earl of Egmont. Several acres
of the bog rose in the form of a huge bubble, and suddenly burst, ..."
5. Outlines of modern farming by Burn, Robert Scott (1865)
"When I first cut the new river, the bog rose in a hill between it and the old
river ; there is now a fall the whole way, except where the hill stood, ..."
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