rose

English

/ɹəʊz/, /ɹoʊz/

noun
Definitions
  • 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.
  • (heraldiccharge) 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 .
  • (mathematics) Any of various flower-like polar graphs of sinusoids or their squares.
  • (mathematics) A graph with only one vertex.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English rose inherited from Old English rōse derived from Latin rosa (rose, a rose) derived from Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rose) derived from Old Persian *wṛda- (flower) derived from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥dʰos (sweetbriar).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*wr̥dʰos

Gloss

sweetbriar

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