Rose, n. [AS. rose, L.
rosa, probably akin to Gr. ?, Armor. vard, OPer.
vareda; and perhaps to E. wort: cf. F. rose, from
the Latin. Cf. Copperas, Rhododendron.]
1. A flower and shrub of any species of the genus
Rosa, of which there are many species, mostly found in the
morthern hemispere
☞ Roses are shrubs with pinnate leaves and usually prickly
stems. The flowers are large, and in the wild state have five petals
of a color varying from deep pink to white, or sometimes yellow. By
cultivation and hybridizing the number of petals is greatly increased
and the natural perfume enhanced. In this way many distinct classes of
roses have been formed, as the Banksia, Baurbon,
Boursalt, China, Noisette, hybrid
perpetual, etc., with multitudes of varieties in nearly every
class.
2. A knot of ribbon formed like a rose; a rose
knot; a rosette, esp. one worn on a shoe. Sha.
3. (Arch.) A rose window. See Rose
window, below.
4. A perforated nozzle, as of a pipe, spout,
etc., for delivering water in fine jets; a rosehead; also, a strainer
at the foot of a pump.
5. (Med.) The erysipelas.
Dunglison.
6. The card of the mariner's compass; also, a
circular card with radiating lines, used in other
instruments.
7. The color of a rose; rose-red;
pink.
8. A diamond. See Rose diamond,
below.
Cabbage rose, China rose,
etc. See under Cabbage, China, etc. --
Corn rose (Bot.) See Corn poppy,
under Corn. -- Infantile rose
(Med.), a variety of roseola. -- Jamaica
rose. (Bot.) See under Jamaica. --
Rose acacia (Bot.), a low American
leguminous shrub (Robinia hispida) with handsome clusters of
rose-colored blossoms. -- Rose aniline.
(Chem.) Same as Rosaniline. -- Rose
apple (Bot.), the fruit of the tropical
myrtaceous tree Eugenia Jambos. It is an edible berry an inch
or more in diameter, and is said to have a very strong roselike
perfume. -- Rose beetle. (Zoöl.)
(a) A small yellowish or buff longlegged beetle
(Macrodactylus subspinosus), which eats the leaves of various
plants, and is often very injurious to rosebushes, apple trees,
grapevines, etc. Called also rose bug, and rose
chafer. (b) The European chafer. --
Rose bug. (Zoöl.) same as Rose
beetle, Rose chafer. -- Rose burner,
a kind of gas-burner producing a rose-shaped flame. --
Rose camphor (Chem.), a solid odorless
substance which separates from rose oil. -- Rose
campion. (Bot.) See under Campion. --
Rose catarrh (Med.), rose cold. --
Rose chafer. (Zoöl.) (a)
A common European beetle (Cetonia aurata) which is often
very injurious to rosebushes; -- called also rose beetle, and
rose fly. (b) The rose beetle
(a). -- Rose cold
(Med.), a variety of hay fever, sometimes attributed to the
inhalation of the effluvia of roses. See Hay fever, under
Hay. -- Rose color, the color of a
rose; pink; hence, a beautiful hue or appearance; fancied beauty,
attractiveness, or promise. -- Rose de
Pompadour, Rose du Barry, names
succesively given to a delicate rose color used on Sèvres
porcelain. -- Rose diamond, a diamond, one
side of which is flat, and the other cut into twenty-four triangular
facets in two ranges which form a convex face pointed at the top. Cf.
Brilliant, n. -- Rose
ear. See under Ear. -- Rose
elder (Bot.), the Guelder-rose. --
Rose engine, a machine, or an appendage to a
turning lathe, by which a surface or wood, metal, etc., is engraved
with a variety of curved lines. Craig. -- Rose
family (Bot.) the Roseceæ. See
Rosaceous. -- Rose fever (Med.),
rose cold. -- Rose fly (Zoöl.),
a rose betle, or rose chafer. -- Rose gall
(Zoöl.), any gall found on rosebushes. See
Bedeguar. -- Rose knot, a ribbon, or
other pliade band plaited so as to resemble a rose; a rosette. --
Rose lake, Rose madder, a rich
tint prepared from lac and madder precipitated on an earthy
basis. Fairholt. -- Rose mallow.
(Bot.) (a) A name of several malvaceous
plants of the genus Hibiscus, with large rose-colored
flowers. (b) the hollyhock. --
Rose nail, a nail with a convex, faceted
head. -- Rose noble, an ancient English
gold coin, stamped with the figure of a rose, first struck in the
reign of Edward III., and current at 6s. 8d. Sir W. Scott.
-- Rose of China. (Bot.) See China
rose (b), under China. -- Rose
of Jericho (Bot.), a Syrian cruciferous plant
(Anastatica Hierochuntica) which rolls up when dry, and expands
again when moistened; -- called also resurrection plant. -
- Rose of Sharon (Bot.), an ornamental
malvaceous shrub (Hibiscus Syriacus). In the Bible the name is
used for some flower not yet identified, perhaps a Narcissus, or
possibly the great lotus flower. -- Rose oil
(Chem.), the yellow essential oil extracted from various
species of rose blossoms, and forming the chief part of attar of
roses. -- Rose pink, a pigment of a rose
color, made by dyeing chalk or whiting with a decoction of Brazil wood
and alum; also, the color of the pigment. -- Rose
quartz (Min.), a variety of quartz which is rose-
red. -- Rose rash. (Med.) Same as
Roseola. -- Rose slug
(Zoöl.), the small green larva of a black sawfly
(Selandria rosæ). These larvæ feed in groups on
the parenchyma of the leaves of rosebushes, and are often abundant and
very destructive. -- Rose window
(Arch.), a circular window filled with ornamental tracery.
Called also Catherine wheel, and marigold window. Cf.
wheel window, under Wheel. -- Summer
rose (Med.), a variety of roseola. See
Roseola. -- Under the rose [a
translation of L. sub rosa], in secret; privately; in a
manner that forbids disclosure; -- the rose being among the ancients
the symbol of secrecy, and hung up at entertainments as a token that
nothing there said was to be divulged. -- Wars of the
Roses (Eng. Hist.), feuds between the Houses of
York and Lancaster, the white rose being the badge of the House
of York, and the red rose of the House of Lancaster.