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ˈrose-like, a.
[f. rose n. + -like 1.]
Resembling a rose in colour, appearance, or fragrance.
1530Palsgr. 322/2 Roselyke, of the coloure of a rose, rosaicque. 1601Markham Mary Magd. Lament. Pref. 74 Marie shewes to maids..How they should weepe, and decke their rose-like cheekes, With showers of greefe. 1661Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. Isagoge, As the Thrush,..black-bird, saxatile,..double-coloured, roselike, brassilian and indian stare. 1705Phil. Trans. XXV. 1869 The Rose-like parts were not near so large upon the little Leaves. 1705Gardiner Rapin on Gardens (1728) i. 28 Drest in white Robes she spreads a Rose-like Bloom. 1818Shelley Rosal. & Helen 1010 The rose-like hues which flow From sunset o'er the Alpine snow. 1866Treas. Bot. 978/1 It [the genus Rhodorrhiza] derives its name from the rose-like smell peculiar to the rootstocks. |