"Christmas rose" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Christmas roses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Christmas rose (plural Christmas roses)
  1. A plant that flowers near Christmas.
    Any of various species of Helleborus, especially Helleborus niger.
    Categories (lifeform): Buttercup family plants, Flowers Translations (Helleborus): jouluruusu (Finnish), كرپی (kirpi) (Ottoman Turkish)
    Sense id: en-Christmas_rose-en-noun-6vdJEAOC Disambiguation of Buttercup family plants: 79 21 Disambiguation of Flowers: 65 35 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 62 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of 'Helleborus': 81 19
  2. A plant that flowers near Christmas.
    Hydrangea macrophylla.
    Translations (Hydrangea macrophylla): jalohortensia (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-Christmas_rose-en-noun-3Zb7SIxV Disambiguation of 'Hydrangea macrophylla': 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Christmas cactus

Inflected forms

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