(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:19:20

Prov"ence rose` (?). [Provence the place + rose.] (a)

The cabbage rose (Rosa centifolia).

(b)

A name of many kinds of roses which are hybrids of Rosa centifolia and R. Gallica.

 

© Webster 1913.

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