passe-rose

See also: pâsse-rose

French

Etymology

Secondary to passe-fleur, and parallelly to it from Medieval Latin rosa passiōnis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.sʁoz/, /pɑ.sʁoz/

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Noun

passe-rose f (plural passe-roses) (obsolete)

1. common hollyhock (Alcea rosea)
2. rose campion (Silene coronaria syn. Lychnis coronaria)

Further reading

• “passe-rose”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.