rose

a. any shrub or climbing plant of the rosaceous genus Rosa, typically having prickly stems, compound leaves, and fragrant flowers

b. (in combination)

2. the flower of any of these plants

3. any of various similar plants, such as the rockrose and Christmas rose

4. a moderate purplish-red colour; purplish pink

5. a perforated cap fitted to the spout of a watering can or the end of a hose, causing the water to issue in a spray

6. Electrical engineering a circular boss attached to a ceiling through which the flexible lead of an electric-light fitting passes

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rose

A stylized carving of a wild rose; used in Gothic style ornamentation and on Corinthian capitals. See also: Ornament

rose

All roses are edible. Rose petals can be added to salads or sprinkled on desserts, used as edible decorations and made into tea. Darker ones have more flavor. Be sure to remove the bitter white portion of the petals. Different types and colors have quite different tastes In India, they dry the petals, grind them into powder and then use the powder in everything, but you can eat the petals fresh straight off the plant. Rose Hips, At the base of the flower is a “hip”, a red cranberrylooking thing. Rosehips are a famously super high source of vitamin C, riboflavins and antioxidants, also used to help with constipation.

What does it mean when you dream about a rose?

The rose symbolizes femininity, beauty, love, and romance. Roses also have profound spiritual significance, representing good and evil, life and death. The colors of the petals are also symbolic: white is purity, red is passion, pink is romance, black is death.

rose

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(botany)

A member of the genus Rosa in the rose family (Rosaceae); plants are erect, climbing, or trailing shrubs, generally prickly stemmed, and bear alternate, odd-pinnate single leaves.

(mathematics)

A graph consisting of loops shaped like rose petals arising from the equations in polar coordinates r = a sin n θ or r = a cos n θ. Also known as rhodonea.

rose

A metal plate attached to the face of a door, around the shaft for the doorknob; sometimes acts as a bearing surface for the knob.

rose

of Honduras. [Flower Symbolism: WB, 7: 264]

See: Flower Or Plant, National

rose

of New York. [Flower Symbolism: Golenpaul, 638]

See: Flower, State

rose

traditional symbol of love. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 177]

See: Love

ROSE

Remote Operations Service Element

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Rose

(dreams)

Most flowers are seen as friendly dream symbols. Roses may have their own special meaning and could represent femininity, beauty, love, or romance. Roses may have some spiritual significance as well. They are used when expressing both positive and negative emotions. They unfold and can be considered symbols of innocence. The color of the rose, as well as the details of the dream, should be considered when making an interpretation. (i. e., white—purity; red— passion; pink—romance and love; black—death.)

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"Well, upon my word, you are very ungrateful," said the Student angrily; and he threw the rose into the street, where it fell into the gutter, and a cart-wheel went over it.

"My roses are white," it answered; "as white as the foam of the sea, and whiter than the snow upon the mountain.

"My roses are yellow," it answered; "as yellow as the hair of the mermaiden who sits upon an amber throne, and yellower than the daffodil that blooms in the meadow before the mower comes with his scythe.

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But when Martin began to discuss eliminating the whole upper story of the house, Rose protested.

As Martin looked at her questioningly, Rose felt suddenly unable to muster an argument for the additional sleeping-rooms.

What would you say if I was to prove to you that it would build a fine chicken-house, one for the herd boar, a concrete tank down in the pasture that'd save the cows enough trips to the barn to make 'em give a heap sight more milk, a cooling house for it and a good tool room?" Rose's eyes opened wide.

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I'm afraid of horses, and boats make me ill, and I hate boys!" And poor Rose wrung her hands at the awful prospect before her.

"It's a circus!" cried Rose, who from her elevated perch had caught glimpses of a gay cart of some sort and several ponies with flying manes and tails.

"I do hope it isn't Aunt Myra; she always scares me out of my wits asking how my cough is, and groaning over me as if I was going to die," said Rose, preparing to retire the way she came, for the slide, being cut for the admission of bouncing Christmas turkeys and puddings, was plenty large enough for a slender girl.

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Oh, Rose: in the name of my ardent and enduring attachment; in the name of all I have suffered for you, and all you doom me to undergo; answer me this one question!'

'Then, if your lot had been differently cast,' rejoined Rose; 'if you had been even a little, but not so far, above me; if I could have been a help and comfort to you in any humble scene of peace and retirement, and not a blot and drawback in ambitious and distinguished crowds; I should have been spared this trial.

Busy recollections of old hopes, cherished as a girl, long ago, crowded into the mind of Rose, while making this avowal; but they brought tears with them, as old hopes will when they come back withered; and they relieved her.

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