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Definition of Cliff rose
1. Noun. Tufted thrift of seacoasts and mountains of north temperate zone; occasionally grown as a ground cover.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cliff Rose
Literary usage of Cliff rose
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Register of the American Saddle-Horse Breeders Association (1911)
"cliff rose. Property of Ben C. Blincoe, Higginsville, Mo. ... Sire, cliff rose
3735, by Missouri Eagle 2d 1157, by Missouri Squirrel 1017, bv Black Squirrel ..."
2. The Atlantic Monthly by Making of America Project (1865)
"Away to my right the perpendicular cliff rose higher still, and, being there
covered with clefts, ..."
3. Across Unknown South America by Arnold Henry Savage Landor (1913)
"Behind the cliff rose a hill of some height, upon which the better houses, with
red-tiled roofs, were situated. ..."
4. Picturesque History of Yorkshire: Being an Account of the History by Joseph Smith Fletcher (1901)
"... on which the people used to walk under the cliff, rose upwards out of its
natural position, for above one hundred yards in length, on each side of the ..."
5. Sons and Lovers by David Herbert Lawrence (1922)
"frowned. At last he caught her hand, a\vd %\\a • ide him. The cliff rose above
them aivd -. Her colour was up, her eyes flashed the big drop below them. ..."
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