desert rose

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desert rose (Adenium)
desert rose (barite crystal)

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desert rose (plural desert roses)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see desert,‎ rose.
  2. (botany) a flowering plant
    1. A flowering plant of species Adenium obesum, native to Africa and the Middle East; a common ornamental.
    2. A star rose, gooseberry rose (Rosa stellata), a rose native to North America.
    3. Sturt’s desert rose (Gossypium sturtianum), of Australia.
  3. (mineralogy) A rosette of gypsum or barite crystals formed under certain conditions.
  4. (poetic) An attractive women found in an arid environment

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