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cabbage rose noun[ C ] uk /ˈkæb.ɪdʒ ˌrəʊz/ us /ˈkæb.ɪdʒ ˌroʊz/ a garden plant with thorns(= sharp points) on its stems and pleasant-smelling large pink flowers: Despite its rather unbecoming name, the cabbage rose is a very attractive flower. The cabbage rose has one of the largest flower heads of any rose, with an abundance of petals. Depictions of cabbage roses are commonly used in wallpaper and on crockery. We chose to decorate the table with cabbage roses rather than the traditional Floribunda. Cabbage roses are nearly always pink but you can find some white and purple varieties. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Flowers & flowering plants aconite adam-and-eve aeonium African daisy agapanthus eglantine elderflower elephant ear erythronium euphorbia loosestrife lords-and-ladies lotus love-in-a-mist lupin sedum sego lily self-heal senecio sensitive plant |