Agriotriantafyllia (arkotrantafyllia) - dog rose plant
Dog rose (wild rose) plant.
Name - Origin
αγριοτριανταφυλλιά, ροδή η κυνορροδή.
"In Cyprus, five species of this shrub are native to the island. It is a shrub with thorns and its flowers, mostly pink and white, are extremely fragrant" (Great Encyclopedia of Cyprus, vol. 2, entry αρκοτρανταφυλλιά,η, 307).
Scientific name: Rosa canina (Yangoullis 2009, entry αρκοτρανταφυλλιά,η, 77),that belongs to the Rosa genus within the Rosaceae family. English: dog rose (Great Encyclopedia of Cyprus, vol. 2, entry αρκοτρανταφυλλιά,η, 307).
Production of rose distillate (rose water).
Additional information and bibliography
Yangoullis K. G. (2009), Thesaurus of the Cypriot dialect. Interpretative, Etymological, Phraseological and Nomenclatural Dictionary of the Medieval and Modern Cypriot Dialect, Theopress Publications, Nicosia.
Pavlides A. (ed.) (1985), Great Encyclopedia of Cyprus, vol. 2, Filokypros, Nicosia.
Kyriaki Panteli, Argyro Xenophontos
Foods
Ανθόνερο ή ροδόσταγμα - Citrus water or Rose water
Anthónero (citrus water) is a distillate of citrus flowers and rodóstagma (rose water), is a distillate of rose petals of rosa Damascena, both of which are used to flavour traditional sweets.