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Meaning & History
Presumably an altered form of RHODANTHE, using the Latin element rosa (compare ROSE) as opposed to the Greek rhodon (compare RHODA). The name was (first?) used by Welsh writer Ann Julia Hatton for a character in her popular Gothic novel 'Deeds of Olden Times' (1826). It was also used by Eliza Rennie in her poetic sketch 'The Myrtle Branch' (1828).