Rose

Quick meaning: Rose is a noun meaning A shrub of the genus Rosa, with red, pink, white or yellow flowers.

Meaning

A shrub of the genus Rosa, with red, pink, white or yellow flowers.

More Meanings

1. A flower of the rose plant.
2. A plant or species in the rose family. (Rosaceae)
3. Something resembling a rose flower, such as a compass rose.
4. (mathematics) A bouquet of circles.
5. (heraldry) The rose flower, usually depicted with five petals, five barbs, and a circular seed.
6. (countable, uncountable) A purplish-red or pink color, the color of some rose flowers.
7. A round nozzle for a sprinkling can or hose.

Example Sentences

Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose.

A maid yet rosed over with the virgin crimson of modesty.

the very nape of her white neck Was rosed with indignation

1794, Robert Burns, "A Red, Red Rose:" O my Luve's like a red, red rose That's newly sprung in june.

Word Forms

• roses
• rosing
• rosed

Synonyms for rose

Depending on context, synonyms include chromatic, roseate, rosaceous, colored.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include rosaceous, roseate, colored, chromatic, daisy, rosy.

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