Definition

1. Noun:
   • A tropical shrub: A plant species characterized by glossy foliage and fragrant flowers that bloom at night. The flowers typically have crimped or wavy petals. Its native range is from northern India to Thailand.
   • A color: A shade resembling the color of coffee with milk; a light brownish-pink tone.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Plant):
  • The garden featured a beautiful coffee rose with intoxicating evening fragrance.
  • Botanists study the coffee rose for its unique nocturnal blooming cycle.
• Noun (Color):
  • She painted the walls a warm coffee rose.
  • The bridesmaids' dresses were in a soft coffee rose hue.

Advanced Usage

• As a modifier: The term can be used adjectivally to describe other nouns.
  • They chose a coffee-rose satin for the drapes. (Note: Often hyphenated when used as a compound modifier before a noun.)

Variants and Related Words

• Crape jasmine: A common name for a related or similar plant (), which also has fragrant flowers and glossy leaves.
• Moonbeam: A poetic term sometimes associated with night-blooming, fragrant flowers.

Synonyms

• Botanical context: Night-blooming jasmine, crape jasmine.
• Color context: Dusty rose, mauve, taupe.

Related Phrases

• In full bloom: A phrase applicable to the flowering state of the plant.
  • The coffee rose is spectacular when it is in full bloom at dusk.

Related Idioms

• No rose without a thorn: While not containing the exact phrase "coffee rose," this idiom about things having drawbacks can be conceptually linked to the beauty of the rose-like flower.
  • The coffee rose is beautiful but requires careful tending—a reminder that there's no rose without a thorn.

Noun

1. tropical shrub having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollas; northern India to Thailand