| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| roseate | adjective | Full of roses; rosy; as, roseate bowers., resembling a rose in color or fragrance; esp., tinged with rose color; blooming; as, roseate beauty; her roseate lips. |
| rosebay | noun | the oleander., Any shrub of the genus Rhododendron., An herb (Epilobium spicatum) with showy purple flowers, common in Europe and North America; — called also great willow herb. |
| rosebud | noun | The flower of a rose before it opens, or when but partially open. |
| roseine | noun | See Magenta. |
| rosella | noun | A beautiful Australian parrakeet (Platycercus eximius) often kept as a cage bird. The head and back of the neck are scarlet, the throat is white, the back dark green varied with lighter green, and the breast yellow. |
| roselle | noun | a malvaceous plant (Hibiscus Sabdariffa) cultivated in the east and West Indies for its fleshy calyxes, which are used for making tarts and jelly and an acid drink. |
| roseola | noun | A rose-colored efflorescence upon the skin, occurring in circumscribed patches of little or no elevation and often alternately fading and reviving; also, an acute specific disease which is characterized by an eruption of this character; — called also rose rash. |
| rosette | noun | An imitation of a rose by means of ribbon or other material, — used as an ornament or a badge., An ornament in the form of a rose or roundel, -much used in decoration., A red color. See Roset., A rose burner. See under Rose., Any structure having a flowerlike form; especially, the group of five broad ambulacra on the upper side of the spatangoid and clypeastroid sea urchins. See Illust. of Spicule, and Sand dollar, under Sand., A flowerlike color marking; as, the rosettes on the leopard. |