Definition of "rose-tree" [rose-tree]

• A standard rose; a rosebush. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "On the table is a rose-tree in bloom, and other plants around it."
• "The mysterious wind of will drove me to you, as the tempest brings the little rose-tree to the pollard window."
• "The boughs of a monthly rose which grew there made such a noise sometimes, but as no wind was stirring he knew that it could not be the rose-tree."