rose
IPA: rˈoʊz
noun
- A shrub of the genus Rosa, with red, pink, white or yellow flowers.
- A flower of the rose plant.
- A plant or species in the rose family. (Rosaceae)
- Something resembling a rose flower.
- (heraldry) The rose flower, usually depicted with five petals, five barbs, and a circular seed.
- (countable, uncountable) A purplish-red or pink colour, the colour of some rose flowers.
- A round nozzle for a sprinkling can or hose.
- The usually circular base of a light socket in the ceiling, from which the fitting or chandelier is suspended.
- Any of various large, red-bodied, papilionid butterflies of the genus Pachliopta.
- (mathematics) Any of various flower-like polar graphs of sinusoids or their squares.
- (mathematics, graph theory) A graph with only one vertex.
- A female given name from Germanic.
- A surname from Middle English.
- A number of places in the United States:
- An unincorporated community in Rock County, Nebraska.
- A town and hamlet therein, in Wayne County, New York.
- An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Mayes County, Oklahoma.
- A town in Waushara County, Wisconsin.
- A community in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- A hamlet in Perranzabuloe parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW7754).
- (Ireland, informal) A regional contestant in the annual Rose of Tralee contest.
- (Ireland, informal) The winner of that year's contest.
- Alternative spelling of rosé [A pale pink wine made by removing the dark grape skins at the required point during fermentation.]
verb
- (poetic, transitive) To make rose-colored; to redden or flush.
- (poetic, transitive) To perfume, as with roses.
adjective
- Having a purplish-red or pink color; rosy.
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Examples of "rose" in Sentences
- The rose is aromatic.
- The flower was the cream tea rose.
- Her favourite flower is not rose, but pimpernel.
- The flower shop has innumerable varieties of roses.
- The white rose is the official flower of the Fraternity.
- The twig and the leaves are shown green and the roses red.
- A red rose appears on the collar of the Order of the Garter.
- The skirt was trimmed with white roses and the bodice with lace.
- The flowers are of average size for roses of the miniature category.
- The flowers of the order are the crimson rose and the magnolia blossom.