Rose
WordNet

adjective


(1)   Of something having a dusty purplish pink color
"The roseate glow of dawn"

noun


(2)   A dusty pink color
(3)   Pinkish table wine from red grapes whose skins were removed after fermentation began
(4)   Any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
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English


Etymology 1


From , from , from Oscan, from Ancient Greek rhodion (ῥοδέα) (Aeolic wrodion), 'rose', from Old Iranian *wurdi, 'flower' (cf. Avestan warda, Sogdian ward, Parthian wâr).

Noun



  1. a shrub of the genus Rosa, with red, pink, white or yellow flowers
  2. a flower of the rose plant
  3. Something resembling a rose flower.
  4. (colour) a purplish-red or pink colour, the colour of some rose flowers
  5. a round nozzle for a sprinkling can or hose.
  6. the base of a light socket.

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