coffee rose
- noun
- Indian
:
rosa de café
- The coffee rose is prized in gardens for its fragrant nocturnal blossoms.
Examples
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The glossy leaves of the coffee rose make it attractive even when not in bloom.
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Botanists documented a new variety of coffee rose in northern Thailand.
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The coffee rose bloomed beautifully in the garden.
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I love the scent of the coffee rose at night.
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The coffee rose is known for its fragrant flowers that bloom at night.
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In many gardens, the coffee rose adds beauty with its glossy leaves and lovely blooms.
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Growing a coffee rose can brighten up your garden with its unique flowers that open in the evening.
Synonyms
A tropical shrub with glossy leaves and white flowers that smell sweet and open at night
A tropical shrub with shiny leaves and sweet-smelling night flowers with wavy petals
A tropical shrub with shiny leaves and fragrant flowers that open at night
A tropical shrub with shiny leaves and fragrant flowers that open at night
A tropical shrub with glossy leaves and fragrant white flowers that open at night
A tropical shrub with shiny leaves and scented night flowers from northern India to Thailand
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound simply combines the color senses of 'coffee' (brown) and 'rose' (pink), so the meaning 'a warm, muted pinkish-brown' is directly inferable from the constituents. Color noun+noun formations are a common, compositional pattern across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily grasp this meaning.
Etymology
The noun coffee rose may come from gardeners who thought the plant's glossy leaves and night-blooming flowers looked like small rose blooms and sometimes gave a faint coffee-like scent, so they called this 'shrub' coffee rose.
