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81rose — rose1 [rōz] n. [ME < OE < L rosa < Gr rhodon: see RHODA] 1. any of a genus (Rosa) of shrubs of the rose family, characterized by prickly stems, pinnate leaves, and fragrant flowers with five petals that are usually white, yellow, or,… …
82rose-tinted spectacles — rose tinted spectacles, = rose colored glasses. (Cf. ↑rose colored glasses) …
83rose — (n.) O.E. rose, from L. rosa (Cf. It., Sp. rosa, Fr. rose; also source of Du. roos, Ger. Rose, Swed. ros, etc.), probably via Italian and Greek dialects from Gk. rhodon rose (Aeolic wrodon), ultimately from Pers. *vrda . But Cf. Tucker: The rose… …
84rose-coloured — rose .coloured adj BrE rose colored AmE 1.) pink 2.) rose coloured glasses also rose coloured spectacles BrE if you see or view something through rose coloured glasses, you think it is better than it really is …
85rose-tint|ed — «ROHZ TIHN tihd», adjective. rose colored: a) pinkish red: »rose tinted beiges. b) Figurative. cheerful; optimistic: »rose tinted views …
86Rose — Rose, v. t. 1. To render rose colored; to redden; to flush. [Poetic] A maid yet rosed over with the virgin crimson of modesty. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To perfume, as with roses. [Poetic] Tennyson. [1913 Webster] …
87rose mallow — rose′ mal low n. pln any of several plants of the genus Hibiscus, of the mallow family, having rose colored flowers • Etymology: 1725–35 …
88rose acacia — ☆ rose acacia n. a shrubby plant (Robinia hispida) of the pea family, with bristly stems and large, rose colored flowers, native to the SE U.S. and often cultivated …
89rose-breasted grosbeak — ☆ rose breasted grosbeak [rōz′bres′tid ] n. a North American passerine bird (Pheucticus ludovicianus, family Emberizidae), the male of which is black and white, with a rose colored triangular patch on the breast, and pink wing lining …
90rose-col|ored — «ROHZ KUHL uhrd», adjective. 1. pinkish red. 2. Figurative. bright; cheerful; optimistic: »The colonel was…full of his rose colored plans for the future (Francis H. Smith) …
