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Definition of Rose moss
1. Noun. Widely cultivated in many varieties for its fleshy moss-like foliage and profusion of brightly colored flowers.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rose Moss
Literary usage of Rose moss
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Rural Wreath: Or, Life Among the Flowers by Laura Greenwood (1855)
"... ROSE, MOSS. Rosa Muscosa. LANGUAGE — SUPERIOR MERIT. FONDLY the wheeling
fireflies flew around her, Those little ..."
2. The English Spy: An Original Work, Characteristic, Satirical, and Humorous by Charles Molloy Westmacott (1826)
"... the Titan—The Ked Rose—Moss Rose and Cabbage Rose—The Doldrum —Stars of Erin—
Wren of Paradise—Queen of tlie Amazons—Old Pomona— Venus Mendicant— Venus ..."
3. Garden Planning by William Snow Rogers (1911)
"... Crystal Palace lobelia Lobelia Erinus, var. compacta 6 All summer PINK AND
ROSE Sander's tobacco Double rose moss Mammoth verbena Madagascar periwinkle ..."
4. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"ROSE Moss. Fig. 3150. St. slender and terete, prostrate or ascending, ... The rose
moss is most easy of cult, if it is given a hot and rather dry soil. ..."
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