Definition of Summer damask rose

1. Noun. Large hardy very fragrant pink rose; cultivated in Asia Minor as source of attar of roses; parent of many hybrids.

Exact synonyms: Damask Rose, Rosa Damascena
Generic synonyms: Rose, Rosebush

Lexicographical Neighbors of Summer Damask Rose

summer's day
summer-camp
summer-house
summer-like
summer-stirring
summer-time
summer-work
summer and winter
summer boarder
summer camp
summer camps
summer cohosh
summer cottage
summer crookneck
summer cypress
summer damask rose (current term)
summer duck
summer fallow
summer flounder
summer haw
summer house
summer hyacinth
summer melt
summer pruning
summer pudding
summer puddings
summer redbird
summer resort
summer sausage
summer sausages

Literary usage of Summer damask rose

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

1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1896)
"The garden walks Were choked with leaves, and on their ragged biers Lay dead the sweets of summer — damask rose, Clove-pink, old-fashioned, ..."

2. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"So blooms Celena, daughter of the skies, Queen of the joys romantic rapture dreams, Her cheeks are summer's damask rose, her eyes Steal their quick lustre ..."

3. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... Her cheeks are summer's damask rose, her eyes Steal their quick lustre from the morning's beams. Her airy neck the shining tresses shade ..."

4. The Poetic New World by Lucy Henderson Humphrey (1910)
"The garden walks Were choked with leaves, and on their ragged biers Lay dead the sweets of summer—damask rose, Clove-pink, old-fashioned, loved New England ..."

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