rose

Definition of rose

Nouns

any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
Synonyms:
rosebush
Types:
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Rosa pendulina, mountain rose
European alpine rose with crimson flowers
Rosa spithamaea, ground rose
low-growing bristly shrub of southern Oregon and California with creeping rootstocks and usually corymbose flowers
Rosa banksia, banksia rose
Chinese evergreen climbing rose with yellow or white single flowers
Rosa canina, dog rose
prickly wild rose with delicate pink or white scentless flowers; native to Europe
Bengal rose, China rose, Rosa chinensis
shrubby Chinese rose; ancestor of many cultivated garden roses
Rosa damascena, damask rose, summer damask rose
large hardy very fragrant pink rose; cultivated in Asia Minor as source of attar of roses; parent of many hybrids
Rosa eglanteria, briar, brier, eglantine, sweetbriar, sweetbrier
Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips
Cherokee rose, Rosa laevigata
Chinese climbing rose with fragrant white blossoms
Japanese rose, Rosa multiflora, baby rose, multiflora, multiflora rose
vigorously growing rose having clusters of numerous small flowers; used for hedges and as grafting stock
Rosa moschata, musk rose
rose native to Mediterranean region having curved or climbing branches and loose clusters of musky-scented flowers
Rosa odorata, tea rose
any of several hybrid bush roses derived from a tea-scented Chinese rose with pink or yellow flowers
Type of:
bush, shrub
a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
pinkish table wine from red grapes whose skins were removed after fermentation began
Synonyms:
blush wine, pink wine, rose wine
Type of:
vino, wine
fermented juice (of grapes especially)
a dusty pink color
Synonyms:
rosiness
Types:
old rose
a greyish-pink color
Type of:
pink
a light shade of red

Adjectives

of something having a dusty purplish pink color
"the roseate glow of dawn"
Synonyms:
rosaceous, roseate
chromatic
being or having or characterized by hue

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