Noisette rose

noun

Noi·​sette rose

nwəˈzet

variants or less commonly Noisette

plural -s

: any of various hardy garden roses supposedly descended from a hybrid between the China rose (Rosa chinensis) and the moss rose (R. centifolia muscosa)

Word History

Etymology

after Philippe Noisette, brother of Louis Claude Noisette †1849 French horticulturist

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