China rose

Any of several roses first cultivated in China and imported to Europe in the late 18th century. China roses were often used in breeding new varieties.

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China rose

1. (Plants) a rosaceous shrub, Rosa chinensis (or R. indica), with red, pink, or white fragrant flowers: the ancestor of many cultivated roses

2. (Plants) a related dwarf plant, Rosa semperflorens, having crimson flowers

3. (Plants) another name for hibiscus

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Chi′na rose′

1. a rose, Rosa chinensis, of China, with crimson, pink, or white flowers.

2. hibiscus (def. 1).

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Noun	1.	China rose - shrubby Chinese rose; ancestor of many cultivated garden roses Bengal rose, Rosa chinensis rose, rosebush - any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
	2.	China rose - large showy Asiatic shrub or small tree having large single or double red to deep-red flowers Chinese hibiscus, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, Rose of China, shoe black, shoeblack plant hibiscus - any plant of the genus Hibiscus

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Under the stresses of the war their endurance reached the breaking point, the whole of China rose in incoherent revolt, and the practical destruction of the central government at Pekin by a handful of British and German airships that had escaped from the main battles rendered that revolt invincible.

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The path leading away from this semicircle down the garden is bordered with China roses, white and pink, with here and there a Persian Yellow.

The nurse and I managed to chase them away, but not before they had trampled down a border of pinks and lilies in the cruellest way, and made great holes in a bed of China roses, and even begun to nibble at a Jackmanni clematis that I am trying to persuade to climb up a tree trunk.

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The deficit with China rose to -$32.8 B from -$30.0 B, and widened to -$3.5 B with Canada versus -$2.9 B.

U.S. trade deficit narrowed 2.7% to -$54.0 B in July

Beijing, July 11 (Petra)-- Foreign direct investment in China rose to US$70.4 billion in the first half of 2019, 3.5 per cent higher than a year earlier, showing "there's no such thing that a large numbers foreign investors are pulling out of China", the Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday.

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As is always the case when there is a whiff of authenticity in a restaurant's air, the China Rose is full of smug customers - few of them Asian - who are very proud to profess preference for the Chinese menu's contents.

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