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Christmas rose

[ kris-muhs rohz ]

noun

  1. a European hellebore, Helleborus niger, widely cultivated for its attractive and hardy evergreen leaves and white-to-purplish flowers that bloom in the winter: the entire Christmas rose plant is poisonous.

Christmas rose

noun

  1. an evergreen ranunculaceous plant, Helleborus niger, of S Europe and W Asia, with white or pinkish winter-blooming flowers Also calledhelleborewinter rose

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Christmas rose1

First recorded in 1680–90

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