damask rose

1. 1.

   large hardy very fragrant pink rose; cultivated in Asia Minor as source of attar of roses; parent of many hybrids

   Synonymssummer damask roseRosa damascena

   Broaderrose

Questions about damask rose

What does damask rose mean?

damask rose means "large hardy very fragrant pink rose; cultivated in Asia Minor as source of attar of roses; parent of many hybrids".

What is another word for damask rose?

Close synonyms include summer damask rose, Rosa damascena. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is damask rose a common word?

damask rose is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.