Noisette

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Noisette \Noi*sette"\, n. (Bot.)
     A hybrid rose produced in 1817, by a French gardener,
     Noisette, of Charleston, South Carolina, from the China rose
     and the musk rose. It has given rise to many fine varieties,
     as the {Lamarque}, the {Marechal (or Marshal) Niel}, and the
     {Cloth of gold}. Most roses of this class have clustered


     flowers and are of vigorous growth. --P. Henderson.
     [1913 Webster]