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rose (rōz)

noun

  1. any of a genus (Rosa) of shrubs of the rose family, characterized by prickly stems, pinnate leaves, and fragrant flowers with five petals that are usually white, yellow, or, often specif., red or pink
  2. the flower of any of these plants
  3. any of several similar or related plants
  4. pinkish red or purplish red
  5. rosette
  6. a round, perforated nozzle for a hose, sprinkling can, etc.
    1. a form in which gems, esp. diamonds, are cut, with a flat, round base and a multifaceted upper surface
    2. a gem cut in this way
  8. a compass card or a representative of this, as on maps

Etymology: ME < OE < L rosa < Gr rhodon: see Rhoda

adjective

  1. of or having to do with a rose or roses
  2. rose-colored
  3. rose-scented
  4. designating a large and widely distributed family (Rosaceae, order Rosales) of wild and cultivated dicotyledonous shrubs and trees, including cinquefoils, meadowsweets, hawthorns, strawberries, apples, peaches, and almonds

transitive verb rosed, rosing ros′·ing

to make rose-colored; specif., to flush (the cheeks, etc.)

Related Forms:

rose Idioms

come up roses

Informal to turn out very well

under the rose

sub rosa
rose2 definition

rose (rōz)

intransitive verb, transitive verb

rise
Rose definition

Rose (rōz)

noun

a feminine name: dim. Rosie; var. Rosita; equiv. It. & Sp. Rosa

Etymology: see rose

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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rose Synonyms

rose

modif.

deep pink, reddish, rose-colored, rosy, dawn-tinted, flushed; see also pink, red.


rose

n.

Kinds of roses include: wild, tea, miniature, climbing tea, hybrid tea, hybrid perpetual, rugosa, hybrid rugosa, polyantha, sweet briar, shrub, multiflora, floribunda, chinensis, noisette, musk, moss, climbing, bush, cabbage, cinnamon, eglantine, rambler;

Varieties of roses include: Jacqueminot, jack*, American Beauty, Rubrifolia, Crimson Glory, Etoile de Hollande, Duquesa de Penaranda, President Hoover, Talisman, Condesa de Sastago, Santa Anita, Mlle. Cecile Brunner, Grand Duchess Charlotte, Heart's Desire, Kaiserin Auguste Viktoria, Christopher Stone, McGredy's Yellow, McGredy's Ivory, Rouge Mallerin, Mrs. Pierre Dupont, Frau Karl Druschki, Soeur Therese, Golden Dawn, King Midas, Betty Prior, Pink Aachen, White Aachen, Charlotte Armstrong, Paul Neyron, La Jolla Rohan.


Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus Copyright © 1999 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

rose Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • ramble: Tie in climbing and rambling roses as near to horizontal as possible.

Adjective modifier

  • long-stemmed: On his way out, Carl snatched a long-stemmed rose " For you!

Modifies a noun

  • petal: Press the thumb on the pieces, arranged on a plate with sesame seeds, to give them the shape of rose petals.

Noun used with modifier

  • floribunda: Floribunda roses can be planted in any open but not vulnerable location.

Preposition: in

  • bloom: The first thing that we saw was a great sward of white roses in bloom.

Preposition: with

  • shudder: She had discarded her roses with a shudder; cap, goggles, duster, lay advance boy game video in her lap.
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rose quotes

   I know the colour rose, and it is lovely, But not when it ripens in a tumour; And healing greens, leaves and grass, so springlike, In limbs that fester are not springlike.

-Abse, Dannie

Al night by the rose, rose, Al night by the rose I lay, Dorst ich nought the rose stele, And yet I bar the flour away.

-Anonymous

   The rose is red, the leaves are green, God save Elizabeth, our noble queen.

-Anonymous

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