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• noun vigorously growing rose having clusters of numerous small flowers; used for hedges and as grafting stock
  Japanese rose; Rosa multiflora; multiflora; baby rose.
  

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• noun Chinese evergreen climbing rose with yellow or white single flowers
  Rosa banksia.
  

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• noun shrubby Chinese rose; ancestor of many cultivated garden roses
  Bengal rose; Rosa chinensis.
  

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• noun a bog orchid with usually a solitary fragrant magenta pink blossom with a wide gaping corolla; Canada
  Arethusa bulbosa; wild pink; dragon's mouth.
  

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• (Bot.), a species of rose (Rosa centifolia) having large and heavy blossoms.

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• etc. See under Cabbage, China, etc.

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• noun Chinese climbing rose with fragrant white blossoms
  Rosa laevigata.
  

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• noun shrubby Chinese rose; ancestor of many cultivated garden roses
  Bengal rose; Rosa chinensis.
  
• noun large showy Asiatic shrub or small tree having large single or double red to deep-red flowers
  Hibiscus rosa-sinensis; shoeblack plant; Chinese hibiscus; China rose; shoe black.
  

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• . (Bot.) (a) A popular name for several free-blooming varieties of rose derived from the Rosa Indica, and perhaps other species. (b) A flowering hothouse plant (Hibiscus Rosa-Sinensis) of the Mallow family, common in the gardens of China and the east Indies.

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• the black hellebore, a poisonous plant of the buttercup family, which in Southern Europe often produces beautiful roselike flowers midwinter.

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• noun European evergreen plant with white or purplish rose-like winter-blooming flowers
  Christmas rose; Helleborus niger; black hellebore.
  

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• noun tufted thrift of seacoasts and mountains of north temperate zone; occasionally grown as a ground cover
  sea pink; Armeria maritima.
  

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• noun tropical shrub having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollas; northern India to Thailand
  crepe jasmine; East Indian rosebay; crepe gardenia; Nero's crown; crape jasmine; Tabernaemontana divaricate; pinwheel flower; Adam's apple.
  

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• noun showy shrub of salt marshes of the eastern United States having large rose-colored flowers
  common rose mallow; rose mallow; Hibiscus moscheutos; swamp mallow.
  

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• noun Chinese shrub or small tree having white or pink flowers becoming deep red at night; widely cultivated; naturalized in southeastern United States
  Confederate rose mallow; Confederate rose; Hibiscus mutabilis.
  

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• noun Chinese shrub or small tree having white or pink flowers becoming deep red at night; widely cultivated; naturalized in southeastern United States
  Confederate rose mallow; Confederate rose; Hibiscus mutabilis.
  

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Cop-rose` noun

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1. The red, or corn, poppy. Written also cup-rose.

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• . See Corn poppy.
• (Bot.) See Corn poppy, under Corn.

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• noun Chinese shrub or small tree having white or pink flowers becoming deep red at night; widely cultivated; naturalized in southeastern United States
  Confederate rose mallow; Confederate rose; Hibiscus mutabilis.
  
• noun any plant of the genus Filago having capitate clusters of small woolly flower heads
  cudweed; filago.
  

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• (Bot.), a genus of composite herbs (Filago), covered with a white substance resembling cotton.

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Cup"-rose noun

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1. Red poppy. See Cop-rose.

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• noun large hardy very fragrant pink rose; cultivated in Asia Minor as source of attar of roses; parent of many hybrids
  damask rose; Rosa damascena.
  

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• (Bot.), a large, pink, hardy, and very fragrant variety of rose (Rosa damascena) from Damascus. "Damask roses have not been known in England above one hundred years." Bacon.

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• the transverse upward curvature of a vessel's floor.

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• an elliptical line drawn on the sheer plan to determine the sweep of the floorheads throughout the ship's length.

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• noun South African shrub having a swollen succulent stem and bearing showy pink and white flowers after the leaves fall; popular as an ornamental in tropics
  impala lily; kudu lily; mock azalia; Adenium multiflorum; Adenium obesum.
  

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• noun prickly wild rose with delicate pink or white scentless flowers; native to Europe
  Rosa canina.
  

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Dog"-rose` noun

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1. (Bot.) A common European wild rose, with single pink or white flowers.

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Gel"der-rose noun

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1. Same as Guelder-rose.

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• verb cause to happen, occur or exist
  produce; bring about.
  
  • This procedure produces a curious effect
  • The new law gave rise to many complaints
  • These chemicals produce a noxious vapor
  • the new President must bring about a change in the health care system

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• (R. C. Ch.), a gold or gilded rose blessed by the pope on the fourth Sunday in Lent, and sent to some church or person in recognition of special services rendered to the Holy See.

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• the flower campion.

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• noun low-growing bristly shrub of southern Oregon and California with creeping rootstocks and usually corymbose flowers
  Rosa spithamaea.
  

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• noun deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub with clusters of white flowers and small bright red berries
  European cranberry bush; cranberry tree; Viburnum opulus; European cranberrybush; crampbark.
  

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Gy-rose" adjective

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1. (Bot.) Turned round like a crook, or bent to and fro. Loudon.

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• noun United States striptease artist who became famous on Broadway in the 1930s (1914-1970)
  Lee; Gypsy Rose Lee.
  

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• a rising of the heart, as in opposition.

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• noun tower consisting of a multistoried building of offices or apartments
  tower block.
  
  • `tower block' is the British term for `high-rise'
• adjective used of buildings of many stories equipped with elevators; tall
  
  • avenues lined with high-rise apartment buildings

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• (Bot.), a West Indian shrub, with showy, yellow flowers (Turnera ulmifolia).

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• (Med.), a variety of roseola.

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• (Bot.), a West Indian melastomaceous shrub (Blakea trinervis), with showy pink flowers.

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• noun vigorously growing rose having clusters of numerous small flowers; used for hedges and as grafting stock
  Japanese rose; Rosa multiflora; multiflora; baby rose.
  

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• noun slightly hairy perennial having deep green leathery leaves and flowers that are ultimately purplish-green
  Helleborus orientalis; black hellebore.
  

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• adjective used of buildings of one or only a few stories and usually no elevator; low
  
  • looking out over the roofs of low-rise apartment buildings

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• (Bot.), a variety of rose having a mosslike growth on the stalk and calyx. It is said to be derived from the Provence rose.

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• noun European alpine rose with crimson flowers
  Rosa pendulina.
  

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• (Bot.), a species of rose with solitary flowers, growing in the mountains of Europe (Rosa alpina).

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• noun vigorously growing rose having clusters of numerous small flowers; used for hedges and as grafting stock
  Japanese rose; Rosa multiflora; multiflora; baby rose.
  

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• noun erect Old World perennial with faintly musk-scented foliage and white or pink flowers; adventive in United States
  Malva moschata; musk mallow.
  

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• noun rose native to Mediterranean region having curved or climbing branches and loose clusters of musky-scented flowers
  Rosa moschata.
  

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• (Bot.), a species of rose (Rosa moschata), having peculiarly fragrant white blossoms.

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• noun a greyish-pink color
  

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Prov"ence rose`

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1. The cabbage rose (Rosa centifolia).
2. A name of many kinds of roses which are hybrids of Rosa centifolia and R. Gallica.

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• noun the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne)
  accession.
  
  • Elizabeth's accession in 1558

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• verb come to the surface
  rise; surface; come up.
  
• verb take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
  rise; rebel; arise.
  
• verb stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds
  rear.
  
  • The horse reared in terror

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• noun a general and progressive increase in prices
  inflation.
  
  • in inflation everything gets more valuable except money

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• noun the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises
  rise; upgrade.
  

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• noun the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide)
  flood; flood tide.
  
  • a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune" -Shakespeare

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• noun the rider rises from the saddle every second stride
  

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• noun any of numerous varieties of helianthemums having small rose-like yellow or white or reddish flowers
  rockrose.
  
• noun small shrubs of scrub and dry woodland regions of southern Europe and North Africa; grown for their showy flowers and soft often downy and aromatic evergreen foliage
  rockrose.
  

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• noun large shrub or small tree of the eastern United States having bristly stems and large clusters of pink flowers
  moss locust; Robinia hispida; bristly locust.
  

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• noun tropical tree of the East Indies cultivated for its edible fruit
  rose apple; Eugenia jambos; jambosa.
  
• noun fragrant oval yellowish tropical fruit used in jellies and confections
  

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• noun an ornamental but poisonous flowering shrub having narrow evergreen leaves and clusters of fragrant white to pink or red flowers: native to East Indies but widely cultivated in warm regions
  oleander; Nerium oleander.
  

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• noun a flower bed in which roses are growing
  bed of roses.
  

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• noun a common metallic green European beetle: larvae feed on plant roots and adults on leaves and flowers of e.g. roses
  rose beetle; Cetonia aurata.
  

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• noun common North American beetle: larvae feed on roots and adults on leaves and flowers of e.g. rose bushes or apple trees or grape vines
  Macrodactylus subspinosus; rose bug.
  

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• noun an old cottage garden plant of southeastern Europe widely cultivated for its attractive white woolly foliage and showy crimson flowers
  mullein pink; Lychnis coronaria; gardener's delight; dusty miller.
  

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• noun a common metallic green European beetle: larvae feed on plant roots and adults on leaves and flowers of e.g. roses
  rose beetle; Cetonia aurata.
  
• noun common North American beetle: larvae feed on roots and adults on leaves and flowers of e.g. rose bushes or apple trees or grape vines
  Macrodactylus subspinosus; rose bug.
  

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• noun handsome East Indian evergreen tree often planted as an ornamental for its fragrant white flowers that yield a perfume; source of very heavy hardwood used for railroad ties
  ironwood tree; Mesua ferrea; ironwood.
  

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• noun a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens
  family Rosaceae; Rosaceae.
  

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• noun a garden for growing roses
  

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• noun any of several southern African geraniums having fragrant three-lobed to five-lobed leaves and pink flowers
  Pelargonium graveolens; sweet-scented geranium.
  

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• noun globe lily with deep rose-pink or purple egg-shaped flowers on flexuous stems; western slopes of Sierra Nevada in San Joaquin Valley
  Calochortus amoenus.
  

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• noun very tall tree of Queensland and New South Wales
  Eucalypt grandis.
  

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• noun the fruit of a rose plant
  hip; rosehip.
  

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• noun North American bulbous plant
  meadow leek; Canada garlic; Allium canadense.
  

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• noun United States striptease artist who became famous on Broadway in the 1930s (1914-1970)
  Lee; Gypsy Rose Lee.
  

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• noun showy shrub of salt marshes of the eastern United States having large rose-colored flowers
  common rose mallow; rose mallow; Hibiscus moscheutos; swamp mallow.
  
• noun plant with terminal racemes of showy white to pink or purple flowers; the English cottage garden hollyhock
  Alcea rosea; Althea rosea.
  

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• noun widely cultivated in many varieties for its fleshy moss-like foliage and profusion of brightly colored flowers
  Portulaca grandiflora; sun plant.
  

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• noun large showy Asiatic shrub or small tree having large single or double red to deep-red flowers
  Hibiscus rosa-sinensis; shoeblack plant; Chinese hibiscus; China rose; shoe black.
  

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• noun densely tufted fern ally of southwestern United States to Peru; curls up in a tight ball when dry and expands and grows under moist conditions
  Selaginella lepidophylla; resurrection plant.
  
• noun small grey Asiatic desert plant bearing minute white flowers that rolls up when dry and expands when moist
  Anastatica hierochuntica; resurrection plant.
  

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• noun Asiatic shrub or small shrubby tree having showy bell-shaped rose or purple or white flowers and usually three-lobed leaves; widely cultivated in temperate North America and Europe
  Hibiscus syriacus.
  

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• noun a volatile fragrant oil obtained from fresh roses by steam distillation
  attar of roses.
  

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• noun commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers
  cayenne jasmine; old maid; Madagascar periwinkle; periwinkle; red periwinkle; Cape periwinkle; Catharanthus roseus; Vinca rosea.
  

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• noun any of several pink-flowered marsh plant of the eastern United States resembling a true centaury
  Sabbatia stellaris; bitter floom; Sabbatia Angularis; marsh pink; American centaury.
  

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• noun a translucent rose-red variety of quartz used for ornaments
  

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• noun perfume consisting of water scented with oil of roses
  

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Rose" wa`ter

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1. Water tinctured with roses by distillation.

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• noun circular window filled with tracery
  rosette.
  

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• noun pinkish table wine from red grapes whose skins were removed after fermentation began
  blush wine; pink wine; rose.
  

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• noun tropical tree of the East Indies cultivated for its edible fruit
  rose apple; Eugenia jambos; jambosa.
  

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• adjective satellite having the pinkish flush of health
  flushed; rosy; rosy-cheeked.
  

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• adjective satellite reflecting optimism
  rosy.
  
  • a rosy future
  • looked at the world through rose-colored glasses
• adjective satellite having a rose color
  rosy-colored.
  

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Rose"-col`ored adjective

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1. Having the color of a pink rose; rose-pink; of a delicate pink color.
2. Uncommonly beautiful; hence, extravagantly fine or pleasing; alluring; as, rose-colored anticipations.

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• noun glossy black bird with pink back and abdomen; chiefly Asian
  Pastor sturnus; Pastor roseus; rose-colored pastor.
  

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• noun glossy black bird with pink back and abdomen; chiefly Asian
  Pastor sturnus; Pastor roseus; rose-colored pastor.
  

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Rose"-cut` adjective

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1. Cut flat on the reverse, and with a convex face formed of triangular facets in rows; -- said of diamonds and other precious stones. See Rose diamond, under Rose. Cf. Brilliant, n.

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• adjective satellite of lavender tinged with rose
  rose-lavender.
  

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• adjective satellite of lavender tinged with rose
  rose-lavender.
  

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• adjective satellite of mauve tinged with rose
  

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Rose"-pink` adjective

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1. Having a pink color like that of the rose, or like the pigment called rose pink. See Rose pink, under Rose.
2. Disposed to clothe everything with roseate hues; hence, sentimental. "Rose-pink piety." C. Kingsley.

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• adjective satellite of purple with a rose tinge
  rosy-purple.
  

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• adjective satellite of a deep slightly bluish red color
  

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Rose"-red` adjective

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1. Red as a rose; specifically (Zoöl.), of a pure purplish red color. Chaucer.

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Rose"-ri`al noun

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1. A name of several English gold coins struck in different reigns and having having different values; a rose noble.

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• noun Eurasian mountain plant with fleshy pink-tipped leaves and a cluster of yellow flowers
  Sedum rosea; midsummer-men.
  

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• adjective satellite of a color tinged with rose
  rose-tinged.
  

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• adjective satellite of a color tinged with rose
  rose-tinged.
  

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Rose"-wa`ter adjective

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1. Having the odor of rose water; hence, affectedly nice or delicate; sentimental. "Rose-water philantropy." Carlyle.

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• noun woody yellow-flowered perennial of southeastern United States
  Helianthemum scoparium.
  

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• a kind of yeast in which common salt is a principal ingredient. U.S.

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• noun white wheat bread raised by a salt-tolerant bacterium in a mixture of salt and either cornmeal or potato pulp
  

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• noun a commercially prepared mixture of flour and salt and a leavening agent
  self-raising flour.
  

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• noun large hardy very fragrant pink rose; cultivated in Asia Minor as source of attar of roses; parent of many hybrids
  damask rose; Rosa damascena.
  

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• (Med.), a variety of roseola. See Roseola.

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• noun any plant of the genus Helianthemum; vigorous plants of stony alpine meadows and dry scrub regions
  helianthemum; sunrose.
  

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• noun showy shrub of salt marshes of the eastern United States having large rose-colored flowers
  common rose mallow; rose mallow; Hibiscus moscheutos; swamp mallow.
  

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• noun any of several hybrid bush roses derived from a tea-scented Chinese rose with pink or yellow flowers
  Rosa odorata.
  

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• (Bot.), a delicate and graceful variety of the rose (Rosa Indica, var. odorata), introduced from China, and so named from its scent. Many varieties are now cultivated.

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• the performance begins.

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• a translation of L. sub rosa, in secret; privately; in a manner that forbids disclosure; the rose being among the ancients the symbol of secrecy, and hung up at entertainments as a token that nothing there said was to be divulged.

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• noun United States writer; brother of Stephen Vincent Benet (1886-1950)
  Benet.
  

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• noun weather map showing the frequency and strength of winds from different directions
  

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• a table of the points of the compass, giving the states of the barometer, etc., connected with winds from the different directions.

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• noun European evergreen plant with white or purplish rose-like winter-blooming flowers
  Christmas rose; Helleborus niger; black hellebore.
  

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