Christmas Rose Definition

noun
A European perennial evergreen herb (Helleborus niger) in the buttercup family, cultivated for its white or pinkish flowers that bloom in winter.
American Heritage
A plant that flowers near Christmas.
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Noun

Singular:
Christmas rose
Plural:
Christmas roses

Christmas Rose Sentence Examples

  • They appear in succession from October until April, beginning with the Christmas Rose (H. niger), and ending with the handsome crimson kinds.

  • The old white Christmas Rose is well known and much admired, but the handsome kinds with colored flowers have, hitherto, not been much known.

  • The white-flowered group is the most important, as it contains the beautiful old Christmas Rose.

  • The common white Christmas Rose is a favorite pot-plant, and if required for potting its foliage should be protected from injury.

  • The divided plants, if placed in a bed of good light soil, and undisturbed, will be good flowering plants in a couple of years, but four years are required to bring a Christmas Rose to perfection.

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