desert rose

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɪˈzɜːt ɹəʊz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /dɪˈzɝt ɹoʊz/

desert rose (plural desert roses)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see desert,‎ rose.
2. (botany) a flowering plant
   1. A flowering plant of the genus Adenium, native to Africa and the Middle East; a common ornamental.
   2. Rosa stellata, a species of rose native to North America.
   3. Sturt’s desert rose, of Australia (Gossypium sturtianum).
3. (mineralogy) A rosette of gypsum or barite crystals formed under certain conditions.
4. (poetic) An attractive women found in an arid environment

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