Christmas rose

English

Helleborus niger

Hydrangea macrophylla

Wikispecies

Wikispecies

Noun

Christmas rose (plural Christmas roses)

1. A plant that flowers near Christmas.
   1. Any of various species of Helleborus, especially Helleborus niger.
      • 1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 272:

        Christmas rose (black hellebore), strewn on the floor or burned, drove away witches.

   2. Hydrangea macrophylla.

Translations

Helleborus

• Finnish: jouluruusu (fi)
• Ottoman Turkish: كرپی (kirpi)

Hydrangea macrophylla

• Finnish: jalohortensia

See also

• Christmas cactus