| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| rosebush | noun | The bush or shrub which bears roses. |
| rose-cut | adjective | Cut flat on the reverse, and with a convex face formed of triangular facets in rows; — said of diamonds and other precious stones. See Rose diamond, under Rose. Cf. Brilliant, n. |
| rosedrop | noun | A lozenge having a rose flavor., A kind of earring., A ruddy eruption upon the nose caused by drinking ardent spirits; a grog blossom. |
| rosefish | noun | A large marine scorpaenoid food fish (Sebastes marinus) found on the northern coasts of Europe and America. called also red perch, hemdurgan, Norway haddok, and also, erroneously, snapper, bream, and bergylt. |
| rosehead | noun | See Rose, n., 4., A many-sided pyramidal head upon a nail; also a nail with such a head. |
| roselite | noun | A hydrous arsenite of cobalt, occuring in small red crystals, allied to erythrite. |
| rosemary | noun | A labiate shrub (Rosmarinus officinalis) with narrow grayish leaves, growing native in the southern part of France, Spain, and Italy, also in Asia Minor and in China. It has a fragrant smell, and a warm, pungent, bitterish taste. It is used in cookery, perfumery, etc., and is an emblem of fidelity or constancy. |
| rose-red | adjective | Red as a rose; specifically (Zool.), of a pure purplish red color. |
| roseroot | noun | A fleshy-leaved herb (Rhodiola rosea); rosewort; — so called because the roots have the odor of roses. |
| rosewood | noun | A valuable cabinet wood of a dark red color, streaked and variegated with black, obtained from several tropical leguminous trees of the genera Dalbergia and Machaerium. The finest kind is from Brazil, and is said to be from the Dalbergia nigra. |
| roseworm | noun | The larva of any one of several species of lepidopterous insects which feed upon the leaves, buds, or blossoms of the rose, especially Cacaecia rosaceana, which rolls up the leaves for a nest, and devours both the leaves and buds. |
| rosewort | noun | Roseroot., Any plant nearly related to the rose. |