rose leafn.

Brit.

/ˈrəʊz liːf/, U.S.

/ˈroʊz ˌlif/

Inflections: Plural rose leaves.

Forms: see rose n.¹ and adj.¹ and leaf n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rose n.¹, leaf n.¹

Etymology: < rose n.¹ + leaf n.¹For Old English genitive compounds in rosan- see discussion at rose n.¹

1. A petal of a rose. Also figurative.

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eOE Bald's Leechbk. (Royal) (1865) ii. ii. 180 Wiþ sarum magan, rosan leafa, v oþþe vii oððe nigon, & pipores corna emfela.]

a1325 Diuersa Cibaria in C. B. Hieatt & S. Butler Curye on Inglysch (1985) 50 (MED) Nym a poyne of rose leues oþer two, & grind in an morter wel.

c1430 (c1395) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women (Cambr. Gg.4.27) (1879) Prol. l. 160 A garlond on his hed of rose leuys Stekid al with lylye flowrys newe.

c1475 ( Surg. Treat. in MS Wellcome 564 f. 100 (MED) Emplastre al þe membre wiþ pultes maad of Otemele and mylk and..synegrene and rose leeues.

1562 W. Turner Herball (1568) ii. 7 You must take it wyth rosed honye or wyth rose leaues.

1598 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks. iv. iv. 33 Seest thou the Rose-leaues fall vngathered?

1656 S. Hunton Golden Law To Rdr. sig. A3^v Immaterial to Matter, and but ceremonies to substance, as Rose-leaves, and Verge-salt are to a sound and wholsome dish of meat.

1675 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 10 303 I omit the ways he first taught to preserve Rose-leaves, and other flowers.

1721 E. Young Revenge ii. i In ceaseless tears, and blushing with her love.., like a rose-leaf wet with morning dew.

1738 G. Smith tr. Laboratory ix. 226 Take the distill'd Rose-Leaves, from which all the Spirit and Oil is extracted.

1797 I. D'Israeli Vaurien I. 247 Her lips are two rose leaves!

1821 P. B. Shelley Music, when Soft Voices Die 5 Rose leaves, when the rose is dead, Are heaped for the beloved's bed.

1870 R. Broughton Red as Rose I. 63 The velvet rose leaf of her cheek.

1895 Atlantic Monthly Mar. 294 That soft hand-pressure, like a pad of rose-leaves.

1936 T. S. Eliot Coll. Poems 1909–35 185 But to what purpose Disturbing the dust on a bowl of rose-leaves i do not know.

1999 J. Harris Chocolat (2000) x. 66 Sugared violets and chocolate rose leaves.

2009 S. Newcomb World in Crucible 95/1 Infusions of red rose leaves..and berry juices.

2. A leaf of a rose.

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1910 G. Massee & F. V. Theobald Enemies of Rose (new ed.) 50 The pieces of leaves are cut out by the bees to form their nests, and for this purpose they use also the leaves of the annual and perennial mercury, but Rose leaves are their favourite.

1965 J. W. Wilson & O. A. Plunkett Fungous Dis. Man Introd. 1 In 1677,..Hooke was able to point out that the disease occurring as yellow spots on rose leaves actually consisted of tiny threads of a living parasitic plant.

1978 P. P. Pirone Dis. & Pests Ornamental Plants iv. 78/1 Rose leaves with black spot should be carefully raked up and placed in trash cans to be carted away to the city dump.

1981 Trans. Brit. Mycol. Soc. 77 439/2 If in autumn a rusted rose leaf is shaken gently above a glass slide, many single teliospores fall on to it.

2004 Manningham Leader (Austral.) (Nexis) 3 Nov. 30 The botanical illustrator admires all flora, from the graceful sweep of an ancient oak tree to the brown, crinkled curl of a dried-out rose leaf.

2013 J. Barrett Yes, you can grow Roses 15 If rose leaves are dropping from fungal disease, rake them up and put them in a hot compost heap.

Compounds

General attributive.

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1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 80 Smal vegetables, as Moss, and Rose-Leave-plants.

1797 S. T. Coleridge Ode to Sara in Poems (ed. 2) 103 That I should dream away the trusted Hours On rose-leaf Beds.

1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. 156 The Rose Leaf Roller (L[ozotænia] Rosana, Stephens) ‘appears the middle of June, in gardens about rose-trees’.

1854 C. M. Yonge Heartsease II. xviii. 50 A little pair of socks, in delicate fancy-knitting for Johnnie. ‘Dear, dear mamma! her own pretty rose-leaf pattern. Think of her knitting for my Johnnie!’

1908 Daily Chron. 12 June 4/7 A Greek merchant in the East-end, who..would sell you..black olives, rose leaf jam, and halvas.

1913 C. Mackenzie Sinister St. I. ii. ii. 167 As for Dora's face, Michael found it beautiful with the long-lashed blue eyes and rose-leaf complexion.

1946 L. B. Lyon Rough Walk Home 27 On rose-leaf heights we too were born, But spirit falters, or the proud foot slips.

2008 Contra Costa Times (Calif.) (Nexis) 19 Sept. With the beginning of the rainy season, rose leaf diseases return.

Derivatives

ˈrose-ˌleafy adj.

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1883 Punch 1 Dec. 257/2 Bushoy is a regular downright rustic, rose-leafy, tinty, take-tea-in-the-garden sort of place.

1884 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Huckleberry Finn xxii. 192 Every lady's rose-leafy dress flapping soft and silky.

1920 M. Sweete in L. S. Chapin Cradle Roll of Church School (front matter) Babies are cuddly and rose-leafy and soft and sweet.

1993 L. Fairbanks Sister Carrie (1995) ix. 149 Would you call it rose-leafy?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rose leaf
释义	rose leafn. Brit. /ˈrəʊz liːf/, U.S. /ˈroʊz ˌlif/ Inflections: Plural rose leaves. Forms: see rose n.¹ and adj.¹ and leaf n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rose n.¹, leaf n.¹ Etymology: < rose n.¹ + leaf n.¹For Old English genitive compounds in rosan- see discussion at rose n.¹ 1. A petal of a rose. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > rose and allied flowers > rose > part of rose leafa1325 roserootc1390 nail1559 rose petal1811 eOE Bald's Leechbk. (Royal) (1865) ii. ii. 180 Wiþ sarum magan, rosan leafa, v oþþe vii oððe nigon, & pipores corna emfela.] a1325 Diuersa Cibaria in C. B. Hieatt & S. Butler Curye on Inglysch (1985) 50 (MED) Nym a poyne of rose leues oþer two, & grind in an morter wel. c1430 (c1395) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women (Cambr. Gg.4.27) (1879) Prol. l. 160 A garlond on his hed of rose leuys Stekid al with lylye flowrys newe. c1475 ( Surg. Treat. in MS Wellcome 564 f. 100 (MED) Emplastre al þe membre wiþ pultes maad of Otemele and mylk and..synegrene and rose leeues. 1562 W. Turner Herball (1568) ii. 7 You must take it wyth rosed honye or wyth rose leaues. 1598 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks. iv. iv. 33 Seest thou the Rose-leaues fall vngathered? 1656 S. Hunton Golden Law To Rdr. sig. A3^v Immaterial to Matter, and but ceremonies to substance, as Rose-leaves, and Verge-salt are to a sound and wholsome dish of meat. 1675 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 10 303 I omit the ways he first taught to preserve Rose-leaves, and other flowers. 1721 E. Young Revenge ii. i In ceaseless tears, and blushing with her love.., like a rose-leaf wet with morning dew. 1738 G. Smith tr. Laboratory ix. 226 Take the distill'd Rose-Leaves, from which all the Spirit and Oil is extracted. 1797 I. D'Israeli Vaurien I. 247 Her lips are two rose leaves! 1821 P. B. Shelley Music, when Soft Voices Die 5 Rose leaves, when the rose is dead, Are heaped for the beloved's bed. 1870 R. Broughton Red as Rose I. 63 The velvet rose leaf of her cheek. 1895 Atlantic Monthly Mar. 294 That soft hand-pressure, like a pad of rose-leaves. 1936 T. S. Eliot Coll. Poems 1909–35 185 But to what purpose Disturbing the dust on a bowl of rose-leaves i do not know. 1999 J. Harris Chocolat (2000) x. 66 Sugared violets and chocolate rose leaves. 2009 S. Newcomb World in Crucible 95/1 Infusions of red rose leaves..and berry juices. 2. A leaf of a rose. ΚΠ 1910 G. Massee & F. V. Theobald Enemies of Rose (new ed.) 50 The pieces of leaves are cut out by the bees to form their nests, and for this purpose they use also the leaves of the annual and perennial mercury, but Rose leaves are their favourite. 1965 J. W. Wilson & O. A. Plunkett Fungous Dis. Man Introd. 1 In 1677,..Hooke was able to point out that the disease occurring as yellow spots on rose leaves actually consisted of tiny threads of a living parasitic plant. 1978 P. P. Pirone Dis. & Pests Ornamental Plants iv. 78/1 Rose leaves with black spot should be carefully raked up and placed in trash cans to be carted away to the city dump. 1981 Trans. Brit. Mycol. Soc. 77 439/2 If in autumn a rusted rose leaf is shaken gently above a glass slide, many single teliospores fall on to it. 2004 Manningham Leader (Austral.) (Nexis) 3 Nov. 30 The botanical illustrator admires all flora, from the graceful sweep of an ancient oak tree to the brown, crinkled curl of a dried-out rose leaf. 2013 J. Barrett Yes, you can grow Roses 15 If rose leaves are dropping from fungal disease, rake them up and put them in a hot compost heap. Compounds General attributive. ΚΠ 1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 80 Smal vegetables, as Moss, and Rose-Leave-plants. 1797 S. T. Coleridge Ode to Sara in Poems (ed. 2) 103 That I should dream away the trusted Hours On rose-leaf Beds. 1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. 156 The Rose Leaf Roller (L[ozotænia] Rosana, Stephens) ‘appears the middle of June, in gardens about rose-trees’. 1854 C. M. Yonge Heartsease II. xviii. 50 A little pair of socks, in delicate fancy-knitting for Johnnie. ‘Dear, dear mamma! her own pretty rose-leaf pattern. Think of her knitting for my Johnnie!’ 1908 Daily Chron. 12 June 4/7 A Greek merchant in the East-end, who..would sell you..black olives, rose leaf jam, and halvas. 1913 C. Mackenzie Sinister St. I. ii. ii. 167 As for Dora's face, Michael found it beautiful with the long-lashed blue eyes and rose-leaf complexion. 1946 L. B. Lyon Rough Walk Home 27 On rose-leaf heights we too were born, But spirit falters, or the proud foot slips. 2008 Contra Costa Times (Calif.) (Nexis) 19 Sept. With the beginning of the rainy season, rose leaf diseases return. Derivatives ˈrose-ˌleafy adj. ΚΠ 1883 Punch 1 Dec. 257/2 Bushoy is a regular downright rustic, rose-leafy, tinty, take-tea-in-the-garden sort of place. 1884 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Huckleberry Finn xxii. 192 Every lady's rose-leafy dress flapping soft and silky. 1920 M. Sweete in L. S. Chapin Cradle Roll of Church School (front matter) Babies are cuddly and rose-leafy and soft and sweet. 1993 L. Fairbanks Sister Carrie (1995) ix. 149 Would you call it rose-leafy? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1325
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