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Definition of Lenten rose
1. Noun. Slightly hairy perennial having deep green leathery leaves and flowers that are ultimately purplish-green.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lenten Rose
Literary usage of Lenten rose
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Popular Garden Flowers: Anemones, Asters, Begonias ... [et Al.] by Walter Page Wright (1911)
"The lenten rose is a Hellebore, but not the same species as the Christmas Rose;
it is H. Orientalis, or the Eastern Hellebore, its native country being ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"... the lenten rose, has given rise to several fine hybrids with H. niger, some
of the best forms being clear in colour and distinctly spotted. ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"If. orientalis, the lenten rose, has given rise to several fine hybrids with H.
niger, some of the best forms being cleaf in colour and distinctly spotted, ..."
4. A Practical Guide to Garden Plants by John Weathers (1901)
"H. orientalis'(lenten rose; Oriental Hellebore). — A fine species, native of
Greece and Syria, and growing 8-24 in. high. Leaves much divided, and somewhat ..."
5. The Garden: An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Gardening in All Its Branches by Esther Baldwin York (1906)
"Plants to bloom in the open from the beginning of November to the end of February
are not very numerous. There are the Christmas Rose, the lenten rose, ..."
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