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