wood rose

Noun

wood rose (plural wood roses)

1. Dactylanthus taylorii, parasitic plant of New Zealand that lives on the forest floor where it attaches to a host root of trees taking nutrients from the host to create a burr which eventually turns into a flower-like growth.
2. Hawaiian baby woodrose (Argyreia nervosa).
3. Rosa gymnocarpa, of California.
4. Merremia spp..

References

• “wood rose”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• wood rose on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Dactylanthus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• Rosewood, orewoods, rosewood