rose vs mountain rose

mountain rose vs rose

rose and mountain rose both are nouns.

rose is an adjective but mountain rose is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
rose	Yes	Yes	No	No
mountain rose	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, mountain rose is a hyponym of rose; that is, mountain rose is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than rose:

rose: any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
mountain rose: European alpine rose with crimson flowers

Other hyponyms of rose include Rosa pendulina, ground rose, Rosa spithamaea, banksia rose, Rosa banksia, dog rose, Rosa canina, Bengal rose, China rose, Rosa chinensis, damask rose, Rosa damascena, summer damask rose, briar, brier, eglantine, Rosa eglanteria, sweetbriar, sweetbrier, Cherokee rose, Rosa laevigata, baby rose, Japanese rose, multiflora, multiflora rose, Rosa multiflora, musk rose, Rosa moschata, Rosa odorata, tea rose.

rose (noun)	mountain rose (noun)
a dusty pink color	European alpine rose with crimson flowers
pinkish table wine from red grapes whose skins were removed after fermentation began
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses

rose (adjective)	mountain rose (adjective)
of something having a dusty purplish pink color

Difference between rose and mountain rose

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