desert rose

 

noun

  • 1a flower-like aggregate of crystals of a mineral, occurring in arid areas.
  • 2a succulent plant with pink tubular flowers and a woody stem containing toxic milky sap, native to East Africa and Arabia.
    • Adenium obesum, family Apocynaceae
  • 3 (also Sturt's desert rose) a dense shrub with pinkish-lilac flowers and black spotted leaves and fruit, native to arid regions of Australia.
    • Gossypium sturtianum, family Malvaceae