desert rose meaning: definition | English Dictionary

desert rose

noun

UK /dɪˈzɜːt ɹəʊz/ · US /dɪˈzɝt ɹoʊz/

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see desert, rose.

› a flowering plant

Biology, Botany, Natural sciences A flowering plant of species Adenium obesum, native to Africa and the Middle East; a common ornamental.

Biology, Botany, Natural sciences A star rose, gooseberry rose (Rosa stellata), a rose native to North America.

Biology, Botany, Natural sciences Sturt’s desert rose (Gossypium sturtianum), of Australia.

Chemistry, Geography, Geology, Mineralogy, Natural sciences, Physical sciences A rosette of gypsum or barite crystals formed under certain conditions.

Poetic An attractive women found in an arid environment