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- English Word Roseate Definition resembling a rose in color or fragrance; esp., tinged with rose color; blooming; as, roseate beauty; her roseate lips.
- English Word Rosebay Definition the oleander.
- English Word Rosebay Definition Any shrub of the genus Rhododendron.
- English Word Rosebay Definition An herb (Epilobium spicatum) with showy purple flowers, common in Europe and North America; -- called also great willow herb.
- English Word Rosebud Definition The flower of a rose before it opens, or when but partially open.
- English Word Rosebush Definition The bush or shrub which bears roses.
- English Word Rosedrop Definition A lozenge having a rose flavor.
- English Word Rosedrop Definition A kind of earring.
- English Word Rosedrop Definition A ruddy eruption upon the nose caused by drinking ardent spirits; a grog blossom.
- English Word Rosefinch Definition Any one of numerous species of Asiatic finches of the genera Carpodacus, and Propasser, and allied genera, in which the male is more or less colored with rose red.
- English Word Rosefish Definition A large marine scorpaenoid food fish (Sebastes marinus) found on the northern coasts of Europe and America. called also red perch, hemdurgan, Norway haddok, and also, erroneously, snapper, bream, and bergylt.
- English Word Rosehead Definition See Rose, n., 4.
- English Word Rosehead Definition A many-sided pyramidal head upon a nail; also a nail with such a head.
- English Word Roseine Definition See Magenta.
- English Word Roselite Definition A hydrous arsenite of cobalt, occuring in small red crystals, allied to erythrite.
- English Word Rosella Definition A beautiful Australian parrakeet (Platycercus eximius) often kept as a cage bird. The head and back of the neck are scarlet, the throat is white, the back dark green varied with lighter green, and the breast yellow.
- English Word Roselle Definition a malvaceous plant (Hibiscus Sabdariffa) cultivated in the east and West Indies for its fleshy calyxes, which are used for making tarts and jelly and an acid drink.
- English Word Rosemaloes Definition The liquid storax of the East Indian Liquidambar orientalis.
- English Word Rosemary Definition A labiate shrub (Rosmarinus officinalis) with narrow grayish leaves, growing native in the southern part of France, Spain, and Italy, also in Asia Minor and in China. It has a fragrant smell, and a warm, pungent, bitterish taste. It is used in cookery, perfumery, etc., and is an emblem of fidelity or constancy.
- English Word Rosen Definition Consisting of roses; rosy.
- English Word Rosenmuller's organ Definition The parovarium.
- English Word Roseo- Definition A prefix (also used adjectively) signifying rose-red; specifically used to designate certain rose-red compounds (called roseo-cobaltic compounds) of cobalt with ammonia. Cf. Luteo-.
- English Word Roseola Definition A rose-colored efflorescence upon the skin, occurring in circumscribed patches of little or no elevation and often alternately fading and reviving; also, an acute specific disease which is characterized by an eruption of this character; -- called also rose rash.
- English Word Roser Definition A rosier; a rosebush.
- English Word Roseroot Definition A fleshy-leaved herb (Rhodiola rosea); rosewort; -- so called because the roots have the odor of roses.
- English Word Rosery Definition A place where roses are cultivated; a nursery of roses. See Rosary, 1.
- English Word Roset Definition A red color used by painters.
- English Word Rosetta wood Definition An east Indian wood of a reddish orange color, handsomely veined with darker marks. It is occasionally used for cabinetwork.
- English Word Rosette Definition An imitation of a rose by means of ribbon or other material, -- used as an ornament or a badge.
- English Word Rosette Definition An ornament in the form of a rose or roundel, -much used in decoration.