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musk rose

noun

Definition of MUSK ROSE

:  a rose (Rosa moschata) of the Mediterranean region with white flowers having a musky odor
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First Known Use of MUSK ROSE

1577

Rhymes with MUSK ROSE

appose, bluenose, brownnose, compose, depose, dextrose, disclose, dispose, dog rose, enclose, expose, foreclose, fructose, glucose, hardnose, impose, Montrose, moss rose, old rose, oppose, primrose, propose, pug nose, repose, rockrose, suppose, transpose, tuberose, unclose, viscose, wind rose

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