white rose

noun

, English History.

white rose

See red rose, Wars of the Roses
English history a widely used emblem or badge of the House of York See also Wars of the Roses red rose

First recorded in 1550–60

RIP Gus Love, Grace and Samantha There was a P.S.: Threw a single white rose in exhibit.

For she knew that when a Countess of Blanchelande is about to die she always finds a white rose on her prie-Dieu.

Know then that I have found a white rose on the cushion of my prie-Dieu.

The Duchess knew what the white rose meant to the ladies of Blanchelande.

A neighbor had sent in a potted white rose, full of buds and bloom, and over this the sisters quarreled.

He grasped a great white rose that was within reach of his hand and pressed it to his parched lips.

April 19, 2024tortuous

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