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prairie rose
noun
- a climbing rose, Rosa setigera, of the central U.S., having pinkish to white flowers: the state flower of North Dakota.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of prairie rose1
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Example Sentences
So Prairie Rose made the toilsome journey up through the dark ground and came out upon the sad gray prairie.
The valley was narrow to the west and to the east; the prairie rose towards the mountains, and some old oaks grew on it.
The river, the forest and the prairie rose up into the light, everything standing out, sharp and clear.
Even where he rode the prairie rose and fell, the trail dipping into hollows, on its rise to sweep over higher land.
The fragrant prairie rose, the State flower, blossoms profusely in fields and along roadsides.
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