American Beauty
noun
1
: a long-stemmed rose with deep-pink to purplish-red flowers that is a variety of hybrid perpetual rose
The bush form of American Beauty, a mauve-tinged pink hybrid perpetual, was introduced in 1886, and it soon became a hit on the basis of its name alone.—
Adrian Higgins, Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2009
Adrian Higgins, Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2009Love usually finds expression today on Valentine's Day in a dozen American Beauties …—Dana Bartholomew, Daily News of Los Angeles, 14 Feb. 2002
Dana Bartholomew, Daily News of Los Angeles, 14 Feb. 2002Hardly anyone grows 'American Beauty' now, except for rosarians with inexhaustible patience and a passion for rare antiques.—Douglas Brenner & Stephen Scanniello, A Rose by Any Name, 2009
Douglas Brenner & Stephen Scanniello, A Rose by Any Name, 20092
American beauty
: a deep purplish red that is redder and paler than hollyhock, redder and less strong than magenta (see magenta sense 2a), and less strong and slightly redder and darker than harvard crimson (see harvard crimson sense 2)
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“American Beauty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/American%20Beauty. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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