summer damask rose
- noun
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rosa damascena
- The summer damask rose is prized for its intense fragrance in both gardens and the perfume industry.
Examples
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Many hybrid roses today trace their lineage back to the summer damask rose.
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Fields of summer damask rose bloom in early summer across parts of Turkey and Bulgaria.
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The summer damask rose blooms beautifully in my garden.
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I love the fragrance of the summer damask rose.
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The summer damask rose is prized for its intense fragrance in both gardens and the perfume industry.
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Many hybrid roses today trace their lineage back to the summer damask rose.
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Fields of summer damask rose bloom in early summer across parts of Turkey and Bulgaria.
Synonyms
A pink rose with a strong sweet smell that people grow for perfume and rose oil
A large pink rose with a strong sweet smell grown for rose oil
Surface Forms
Morphology
Although 'summer' and 'rose' suggest a seasonally flowering rose, 'damask' here is a specific varietal/name component whose specialized horticultural meaning (a historic, highly fragrant variety used for attar) is not predictable from the surface meanings of the constituents. The phrase functions as a taxonomic/cultivar name rather than a compositional description, so a B1 learner who only knows the literal words would not reliably infer the MWE's full meaning.
Etymology
Summer damask rose The name summer damask rose comes from old gardens near Damascus, so the word damask links it to that city, and the large rose blooms in summer and was long grown to make 'perfume'. That's why the name now means a big, very fragrant pink rose prized in gardens and for 'perfume'.
