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Common
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
.
•
In Heraldic charges:
The
rose
flower
,
usually
depicted
with
five
petals
,
five
barbs
, and a
circular
seed
.
•
A purplish-red or
pink
colour
, the
colour
of some
rose
flowers
.
•
A round
nozzle
for a
sprinkling
can or
hose
.
•
The
base
of a
light
socket
.
•
Any of various large, red-bodied,
papilionid
butterflies
of the
genus
Pachliopta.
•
In Mathematics:
Any of various flower-like
polar
graphs
of
sinusoids
or their
squares
.
•
In Graph theory & Mathematics:
A
graph
with only one
vertex
.
•
In Irish English:
A
regional
contestant
in the
annual
Rose of Tralee
contest
.
•
In Irish English:
The
winner
of that year's
contest
.
•
Alternative
spelling
of
rosé
verb
•
To make
rose-coloured
; to
redden
or
flush
.
•
To
perfume
, as with
roses
.
•
simple past
tense
of
rise
•
past participle
of
rise
*
adj
•
Having
a purplish-red or
pink
colour
. See
rosy
.
name
•
A
female
given name
from
Germanic
.
•
A
surname
, from
Middle English
.
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English
rise
English
risen
Middle English (1100-1500)
risan
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
rose
French
rosa
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rosé
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