roseling

English

Etymology

From rose +‎ -ling.

Noun

roseling (plural roselings)

1. A young or miniature rose.
   • 1887, Jessie Wilson Manning, The passion of life:

     To be a mere crushed flower — a roseling killed By passion's first fierce gale — were not my aim.

   • 1984, Society of American Florists, SAF. - Volumes 1-2 - Page 40:

     The sturdy floorstand holds roselings in clear plastic cylinders. Customers can pick the roseling of their choice ... These roselings are easy to plant and the consumer can fit many in one garden area.

   • 1995, Elvin McDonald, Rose gardening:

     Bud grafts Promising roselings are multiplied as quickly as possible by grafting each viable bud onto a rootstock, resulting in many genetically identical roselings.

Anagrams

• Gorsline, leg irons, resoling