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ROSE MOSS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rose moss mean?
• ROSE MOSS (noun)
The noun ROSE MOSS has 1 sense:
1. widely cultivated in many varieties for its fleshy moss-like foliage and profusion of brightly colored flowers
Familiarity information: ROSE MOSS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Widely cultivated in many varieties for its fleshy moss-like foliage and profusion of brightly colored flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Portulaca grandiflora; rose moss; sun plant
Hypernyms ("rose moss" is a kind of...):
portulaca (a plant of the genus Portulaca having pink or red or purple or white ephemeral flowers)
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