Cherokee rose


noun

the fragrant white rose of a prickly, climbing shrub, Rosa laevigata, originally from China and naturalized in the southern U.S.: the state flower of Georgia.

Origin of Cherokee rose

An Americanism dating back to 1815–25

British Dictionary definitions for cherokee rose

Cherokee rose

noun

an evergreen climbing Chinese rose, Rosa laevigata, that now grows wild in the southern US, having large white fragrant flowers