Rose-colored Rose"-col`ored adjective 1. Having the color of a pink rose; rose-pink; of a delicate pink color.

2. Uncommonly beautiful; hence, extravagantly fine or pleasing; alluring; as, rose-colored anticipations.

Rose-cut 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 . Confer Brilliant , noun

Rose-pink Rose"-pink` adjective 1. Having a pink color like that of the rose, or like the pigment called rose pink . See Rose pink , under Rose .

2. Disposed to clothe everything with roseate hues; hence, sentimental. " Rose-pink piety." C. Kingsley.

Rose-red Rose"-red` adjective Red as a rose; specifically (Zoology) , of a pure purplish red color. Chaucer.

Rose-rial Rose"-ri`al noun [ See Rose , and Royal .] A name of several English gold coins struck in different reigns and having having different values; a rose noble.

Rose-water Rose"-wa`ter adjective Having the odor of rose water; hence, affectedly nice or delicate; sentimental. " Rose-water philanthropy." Carlyle.

Roseal Ro"se·al adjective [ Latin roseus , from rosa a rose.] resembling a rose in smell or color. [ Obsolete] Sir T. Elyot.

Roseate Ro"se·ate adjective [ Confer Latin roseus , rosatus , prepared from roses. See Roseal , Rose .] 1. Full of roses; rosy; as, roseate bowers.

2. resembling a rose in color or fragrance; esp., tinged with rose color; blooming; as, roseate beauty; her roseate lips.

Roseate tern (Zoology) , an American and European tern ( Sterna Dougalli ) whose breast is roseate in the breeding season.

Rosebay Rose"bay` noun (Botany) (a) the oleander. [ Obsolete] (b) Any shrub of the genus Rhododendron . [ U.S.] (c) An herb ( Epilobium spicatum ) with showy purple flowers, common in Europe and North America; -- called also great willow herb .

Rosebud Rose"bud` noun The flower of a rose before it opens, or when but partially open.

Rosebush Rose"bush` noun The bush or shrub which bears roses.

Rosedrop Rose"drop` noun 1. A lozenge having a rose flavor.

2. A kind of earring. Simmonds.

3. (Medicine) A ruddy eruption upon the nose caused by drinking ardent spirits; a grog blossom.

Rosefinch Rose"finch noun (Zoology) Any one of numerous species of Asiatic finches of the genera Carpodacus , and Propasser , and allied genera, in which the male is more or less colored with rose red.

Rosefish Rose"fish` noun (Zoology) A large marine scorpĉnoid 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 .

» When full grown it is usually bright rose-red or orange-red; the young are usually mottled with red and ducky brown.

Rosehead Rose"head` noun 1. See Rose , noun , 4.

2. A many-sided pyramidal head upon a nail; also a nail with such a head.

Roseine Ro"se·ine noun See Magenta .

Roselite Ro"se·lite noun [ From the German mineralogist German Rose + -lite .] (Min.) A hydrous arsenite of cobalt, occuring in small red crystals, allied to erythrite.

Rosella Ro"sel"la noun [ New Latin , dim. of Latin rosa rose.] (Zoology) 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 Ro·selle" noun (Botany) 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.

Rosemaloes Rose`mal"oes noun [ From the native name; confer Malay rasamāla the name of the tree.] The liquid storax of the East Indian Liquidambar orientalis .

Rosemary Rose"ma·ry noun [ Middle English rosmarine , Latin rosmarinus ; ros dew (cf. Russian rosa , Lithuanian rasa , Sanskrit rasa juice) + marinus marine: confer French romarin . In English the word has been changed as if it meant the rose of Mary . See Marine .] 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.

There's rosemary , that's for remembrance.

Shak.

Marsh rosemary . (a) A little shrub (Andromeda polifolia) growing in cold swamps and having leaves like those of the rosemary . (b) See under Marsh . -- Rosemary pine , the loblolly pine. See under Loblolly .

Rosen Ros"en adjective Consisting of roses; rosy. [ Obsolete]

Rosenmüller's organ Ro"sen·mül`ler's or"gan [ So named from its first describer, J. C. Rosenmüller , a German anatomist.] (Anat.) The parovarium.

Roseo- Ro"se·o- (Chemistry) A prefix (also used adjectively) signifying rose-red ; specifically used to designate certain rose-red compounds (called roseo-cobaltic compounds ) of cobalt with ammonia. Confer Luteo -.

Roseola Ro·se"o·la noun [ New Latin , dim. of Latin rosa a rose.] (med.) 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 . -- Ro*se"o*lous adjective

Roser Ros"er noun A rosier; a rosebush. [ Obsolete]

Roseroot Rose"root` noun (Botany) A fleshy-leaved herb ( Rhodiola rosea ); rosewort; -- so called because the roots have the odor of roses.

Rosery Ros"er·y noun A place where roses are cultivated; a nursery of roses. See Rosary , 1.

Roset Ro"set noun [ French rosette . See Rosette .] A red color used by painters. Peacham.

Rosetta wood Ro·set"ta wood` An east Indian wood of a reddish orange color, handsomely veined with darker marks. It is occasionally used for cabinetwork. Ure.

Rosette Ro·sette noun [ French, dim. of rose a rose. Confer Roset .] 1. An imitation of a rose by means of ribbon or other material, -- used as an ornament or a badge.

2. (Architecture) An ornament in the form of a rose or roundel, -much used in decoration.

3. A red color. See Roset .

4. A rose burner. See under Rose .

5. (Zoology) (a) 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 . (b) A flowerlike color marking; as, the rosettes on the leopard.

Rosewood Rose"wood 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 Machĉrium . The finest kind is from Brazil, and is said to be from the Dalbergia nigra .

African rosewood , the wood of the leguminous tree Pterocarpus erinaceus . -- Jamaica rosewood , the wood of two West Indian trees ( Amyris balsamifera , and Linocieria ligustrina ). -- New South Wales rosewood , the wood of Trichilia glandulosa , a tree related to the margosa.

Roseworm Rose"worm` noun (Zoology) The larva of any one of several species of lepidopterous insects which feed upon the leaves, buds, or blossoms of the rose, especially Cacĉcia rosaceana , which rolls up the leaves for a nest, and devours both the leaves and buds.

Rosewort Rose"wort` noun (Botany) (a) Roseroot. (b) Any plant nearly related to the rose. Lindley.

Rosicrucian Ros`i·cru"cian noun [ The name is probably due to a German theologian, Johann Valentin Andreä, who in anonymous pamphlets called himself a knight of the Rose Cross (G. Rosenkreuz ), using a seal with a St. Andrew's cross and four roses.)] One who, in the 17th century and the early part of the 18th, claimed to belong to a secret society of philosophers deeply versed in the secrets of nature, -- the alleged society having existed, it was stated, several hundred years.

» The Rosicrucians also called brothers of the Rosy Cross , Rosy-cross Knights , Rosy-cross philosophers , etc. Among other pretensions, they claimed to be able to transmute metals, to prolong life, to know what is passing in distant places, and to discover the most hidden things by the application of the Cabala and science of numbers.

Rosicrucian Ros`i·cru"cian adjective Of or pertaining to the Rosicrucians, or their arts.

Rosied Ros"ied adjective Decorated with roses, or with the color of roses.

Rosier Ro"sier noun [ French, from Latin rosarius of roses. Confer Rosary .] A rosebush; roses, collectively. [ Obsolete]

Crowned with a garland of sweet rosier .

Spenser.

Rosily Ros"i·ly adverb In a rosy manner. M. Arnold.

Rosin Ros"in noun [ A variant of resin .] The hard, amber-colored resin left after distilling off the volatile oil of turpentine; colophony.

Rosin oil , an oil obtained from the resin of the pine tree, -- used by painters and for lubricating machinery, etc.

Rosin Ros"in transitive verb To rub with rosin, as musicians rub the bow of a violin.

Or with the rosined bow torment the string.

Gay.

Rosiness Ros"i·ness noun The quality of being rosy.

Rosinweed Ros"in·weed` noun (Botany) (a) The compass plant. See under Compass . (b) A name given in California to various composite plants which secrete resins or have a resinous smell.

Rosiny Ros"in·y adjective like rosin, or having its qualities.

Rosland Ros"land noun [ W. rhos a meadow, a moor + English land .] heathy land; land full of heather; moorish or watery land. [ prov. Eng.]

Rosmarine Ros"ma·rine` noun [ Middle English See Rosemary .] 1. Dew from the sea; sea dew. [ Obsolete]

That purer brine
And wholesome dew called rosmarine .

B. Jonson.

2. Rosemary. [ Obsolete] Spenser. "Biting on anise seed and rosmarine ." Bp. Hall.

Rosmarine Ros"ma·rine noun [ Norw. rosmar a walrus; ros a horse (akin to English horse ) + (probably) mar the sea.] A fabulous sea animal which was reported to climb by means of its teeth to the tops of rocks to feed upon the dew.

And greedly rosmarines with visages deforme.

Spenser.

Rosolic Ro·sol"ic adjective [ Rose + carbo lic .] (Chemistry) Pertaining to, or designating, a complex red dyestuff (called rosolic acid ) which is analogous to rosaniline and aurin. It is produced by oxidizing a mixture of phenol and cresol, as a dark red amorphous mass, C ₂₀ H ₁₆ O ₃ , which forms weak salts with bases, and stable ones with acids. Called also methyl aurin , and, formerly, corallin .

Ross Ross ; 115) noun [ Etymol. uncertain.] The rough, scaly matter on the surface of the bark of trees. [ Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.]

Ross Ross transitive verb To divest of the ross, or rough, scaly surface; as, to ross bark. [ Local, U.S.]

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