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noun
1.
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa. Compare rose family.
2.
any of various related or similar plants.
3.
the flower of any such shrub, of a red, pink, white, or yellow color.
4.
the traditional reddish color of this flower, variously a purplish red, pinkish red, or light crimson.
5.
EXPANDan ornament shaped like or suggesting this flower.
6.
a pink or pinkish-red color in the cheek.
8.
Heraldry. a representation of a wild rose with five petals, usually seeded and barbed in a symmetrical design and used especially as the cadency mark of a seventh son.
9.
any of various diagrams showing directions radiating from a common center, as a compass card or wind rose.
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Jewelry.
a.
an obsolete gem style or cut, flat on the bottom and having an upper side with from 12, or fewer, to 32 triangular facets.
b.
a gem with this cut.
11.
a perforated cap or plate, as at the end of a pipe or the spout of a watering pot, to break a flow of water into a spray.
12.
an ornamental plate or socket surrounding the shaft of a doorknob at the face of a door.
13.
COLLAPSEMathematics. a plane polar curve consisting of three or more equal loops that meet at the origin. Equation: r = a sin(nθ) or r = a cos(nθ).
adjective
14.
of the color rose.
15.
for, containing, or growing roses: a rose garden.
16.
scented like a rose.
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Roses
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
verb (used with object)
Idiom17.
to make rose-colored.
18.
to flush (the face, cheeks, etc.).
19.
come up roses, Informal. to turn out all right; result in success, glory, or profit: Despite setbacks, things should come up roses in the long run.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English rōse < Latin rosa; akin to Greek rhódon (see rhododendron)
before 900; Middle English; Old English rōse < Latin rosa; akin to Greek rhódon (see rhododendron)
Related forms
rose·less, adjective
rose·like, adjective
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noun
1.
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
2.
Peter Edward (“Pete”; “Charlie Hustle”), born 1941, U.S. baseball player.
3.
Mount, a mountain in W Nevada, the highest in the Carson Range. 10,778 feet (3285 meters).
4.
a female given name.
noun
a pink table wine in which the pale color is produced by removing the grape skins from the must before fermentation is completed.
Origin:
1425–75; < French: literally, pink
1425–75; < French: literally, pink
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Word Origin & History
rosé
light red wine, 1897, from Fr. vin rosé, lit. "pink wine."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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