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Rosa chinensis (Chinese: 月季; pinyin: yuèjì), known commonly as the China rose, [2] Chinese rose, [3] or Bengal rose, [4] is a member of the genus Rosa native to Southwest China in Guizhou, Hubei, and Sichuan Provinces.
Hibiscus × rosa-sinensis, known colloquially as Chinese hibiscus, [3] China rose, [3] [a] Hawaiian hibiscus, [3] rose mallow [4] and shoeblack plant, [5] is a cultigen of tropical hibiscus, a flowering plant in the Hibisceae tribe of the family Malvaceae.
Rosa chinensis (Chinese: 月季), a flowering plant of the genus Rosa China Rose (operetta) , 1925 operetta by A. Baldwin Sloane, Harry L. Cort, and George E. Stoddard Topics referred to by the same term
Chinese rose is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Hibiscus rosa-sinensis; Rosa chinensis, native to southwestern China This page was last edited ...
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Of the over 150 species of rose, the Chinese Rosa chinensis has contributed most to today's garden roses; it has been bred into garden varieties for about 1,000 years in China, and over 200 in Europe. [16] Among the old Chinese garden roses, the Old Blush group is the most primitive, while newer groups are the most diverse. [17]
Fencai (粉彩) meaning 'powdery colours' or 'pale colours' in reference to its pastel shades, is the term commonly used in Chinese to describe famille rose porcelain. Fencai is the more modern term used by Chen Liu (陈浏) in the early 20th century and it is often used in place of yangcai in Chinese.
Lin's Chinese-English Dictionary of Modern Usage comprises approximately 8,100 character head entries and 110,000 word and phrase entries. [10] It includes both modern Chinese neologisms such as xǐnǎo 洗腦 "brainwash" and many Chinese loanwords from English such as yáogǔn 搖滾 "rock 'n' roll" and xīpí 嬉皮 "hippie".