rose-water

rose-water

n 1. (Clothing & Fashion) a. scented water used as a perfume and in cooking, made by the distillation of rose petals or by impregnation with oil of rosesb. (as modifier): rose-water scent. 2. (Cookery) a. scented water used as a perfume and in cooking, made by the distillation of rose petals or by impregnation with oil of rosesb. (as modifier): rose-water scent. 3. (modifier) elegant or delicate, esp excessively so