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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

(Bot.)

A hybrid rose produced in 1817, by a French gardener,

Noisette

, of Charleston, South Carolina, from the China rose and the musk rose. It has given rise to many fine varieties, as the

Lamarque

, the

Marechal (or Marshal) Niel

, and the

Cloth of gold

. Most roses of this class have clustered flowers and are of vigorous growth.

P. Henderson.