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Noun: China rose  chI-nu rowz
  1. Large showy Asiatic shrub or small tree having large single or double red to deep-red flowers
    "The China rose was the centrepiece of the tropical garden";
    - Chinese hibiscus, Rose of China, shoeblack plant, shoe black, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
     
  2. Shrubby Chinese rose; ancestor of many cultivated garden roses
    - Bengal rose, Rosa chinensis

Derived forms: China roses

Type of: hibiscus, rose, rosebush

Encyclopedia: China rose