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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
rose of Sharon

▶noun

1 a low shrub with dense foliage and large golden-yellow flowers, native to SE Europe and Asia Minor. [Hypericum calycinum.]

2 (in biblical use) a flowering plant whose identity is unknown.

– origin from Sharon, a region of fertile coastal plain in present-day Israel.

'rose of Sharon' also found in these Oxford entries:

Aaron's beard - hypericum

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