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rose of sharon

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.87 in modern English

Syllables
rose of sharon
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A flower of uncertain kind: perhaps Pancratium maritimum, which grows on the Sharon Plain of the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.

noun

Hypericum calycinum, an evergreen flowering shrub native to southeast Europe and southwest Asia.

noun

Hibiscus syriacus, a deciduous flowering shrub native to east Asia, and a national emblem of South Korea.

Etymology

Calque of Biblical Hebrew חֲבַצֶּלֶת הַשָּׁרוֹן (khavatsélet hasharón), from the King James Bible.

Inflected Forms

roses of Sharon (plural)

Synonyms

great St. John's-wort Jerusalem star Aaron's beard mugunghwa hibiscus syriacus

Questions

What does rose of sharon mean?
A flower of uncertain kind: perhaps Pancratium maritimum, which grows on the Sharon Plain of the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
Where does rose of sharon come from?
Calque of Biblical Hebrew חֲבַצֶּלֶת הַשָּׁרוֹן (khavatsélet hasharón), from the King James Bible.

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