a widely cultivated prickly shrub with showy fragrant flowers
a flower of this shrub
a widely cultivated prickly shrub: genus Rosa
the showy fragrant flower of this shrub
a roselike flowering plant, e.g. a Christmas rose
something resembling a rose in form, e.g.:
a circular design, e.g. on a lute
a perforated outlet for water, e.g. from a shower or watering can
a circular fitting that anchors the flex of a light bulb to a ceiling
the form of a gem, esp a diamond, with a flat base and triangular facets rising to a point
a pale to dark pinkish colour
be coming up roses
to be turning out very favourably or successfully
come out/up smelling of roses
to escape from a potentially compromising situation with one's reputation intact
rose adj
under the rose
archaic = sub rosa
roselike adj
[Old English rōse and Old French rose, both ultimately from Latin rosa]