desert rose (English, noun)
expansion: desert rose (plural desert roses)
Senses:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see desert, rose.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: a flowering plant
A flowering plant of species Adenium obesum, native to Africa and the Middle East; a common ornamental.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: a flowering plant
A star rose, gooseberry rose (Rosa stellata), a rose native to North America.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: a flowering plant
Sturt’s desert rose (Gossypium sturtianum), of Australia.
topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A rosette of gypsum or barite crystals formed under certain conditions.
glosses: An attractive women found in an arid environment
tags: poetic
Forms:
form: desert roses
tags: plural