rose of Sharon

English

Etymology

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

Noun

rose of Sharon (plural roses of Sharon)

  1. (biblical) A flower of uncertain kind: perhaps Pancratium maritimum, which grows on the Sharon Plain of the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
  2. Hypericum calycinum, an evergreen flowering shrub native to southeast Europe and southwest Asia.
  3. Hibiscus syriacus, a deciduous flowering shrub native to east Asia, and a national emblem of South Korea.
    Synonym: mugunghwa
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