desert rose

English

desert rose (Adenium)

desert rose (barite crystal)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɪˈzɜːt ɹəʊz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /dɪˈzɝt ɹoʊz/

Noun

desert rose (plural desert roses)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see desert,‎ rose.
2. (botany) a flowering plant
   1. A flowering plant of species Adenium obesum, native to Africa and the Middle East; a common ornamental.
   2. A star rose, gooseberry rose (Rosa stellata), a rose native to North America.
   3. Sturt’s desert rose (Gossypium sturtianum), of Australia.
3. (mineralogy) A rosette of gypsum or barite crystals formed under certain conditions.
4. (poetic) An attractive women found in an arid environment

Translations

rosette of gypsum or barite crystals

• Arabic: زَهْرة صَحْراء f (zahra(t) ṣaḥrāʔ), وَرْدة صَحْراء f (warda(t) ṣaḥrāʔ)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• French: rose des sables (fr) f
• German: Sandrose f
• Icelandic: eyðimerkurrós f
• Italian: rosa del deserto f
• Japanese: 砂漠のバラ, 砂漠の薔薇 (sabaku no bara)
• Nahuatl: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: rosa del desierto f

Further reading

• desert rose on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “desert rose”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• desert sore, DeTorreses