desert rose
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see desert, rose.
- a flowering plant: A flowering plant of species Adenium obesum, native to Africa and the Middle East; a common ornamental.
- a flowering plant: A star rose, gooseberry rose (Rosa stellata), a rose native to North America.
- a flowering plant: Sturt’s desert rose (Gossypium sturtianum), of Australia.
- A rosette of gypsum or barite crystals formed under certain conditions.
- An attractive women found in an arid environment
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