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Rose of Sharon

noun

Asiatic shrub or small shrubby tree having showy bell-shaped rose or purple or white flowers and usually three-lobed leaves; widely cultivated in temperate North America and Europe. Synonym: Hibiscus syriacus.

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"Rose of Sharon" Quotes from Famous Books

... Christian dead and watered with tears from the anguish of the living are ready to bud and blossom forth in the full flower of their assured immortality. The voice of the Bridegroom may be heard saying to the Church: "Come away my beloved. Come thou rose of Sharon and thou lily of the valley," and presently we see the Bridegroom Himself descending and the Church going up out of the wilderness leaning on ...

— Why I Preach the Second Coming • Isaac Massey Haldeman

... art fair, my Beloved, yea, pleasant: Also our couch is green. The beams of our house are cedars, And our rafters are firs. I am (but) a rose of Sharon, A ...

— Union And Communion - or Thoughts on the Song of Solomon • J. Hudson Taylor

Words linked to "Rose of Sharon" : hibiscus