Rosa

noun

large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses

• Syn: ↑genus Rosa

• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Rosaceae, ↑family Rosaceae, ↑rose family

• Member Meronyms: ↑rose, ↑rosebush

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I. \\ˈrōzə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, rose — more at rose

: a large genus of erect or sometimes climbing or creeping mostly prickly shrubs (family Rosaceae) that are widely distributed especially in temperate regions and have compound leaves and regular 5-petaled red, white, pink, or yellow flowers with many stamens

II. adjective

Usage: usually capitalized

Etymology: Rosa, locality in north central New Mexico

: of or belonging to a culture in north central New Mexico A.D. 700-900 characterized by stockades and pit houses having a large and variable floor plan

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It. /rddaw"zah/; Eng. /roh"zeuh/, n.

1. Salvator /sahl"vah tawrdd'/, 1615-73, Italian painter and poet.

2. Monte It. /mawn"te/; Eng. /mon"tee/, a mountain between Switzerland and Italy, in the Pennine Alps: second highest peak of the Alps. 15,217 ft. (4638 m).

3. a female given name: derived from Rose.

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Rosa /rōˈzə or rozˈə/

noun

The rose genus, giving name to the family Rosāˈceae

ORIGIN: L rosa rose; rosāceus, roseus rosy

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rosace /rō-zāsˈ or -zäsˈ/ noun (from Fr; architecture)

1. A rosette

2. A rose window

rosacea /rō-zāˈshi-ə/ noun (medicine)

Same as ↑acne rosacea (see under ↑acne)

rosaceous /rō-zāˈshəs/ adjective

1. Of the rose family

2. Roselike

rosāˈrian noun

A rose-fancier

rosāˈrium noun (pl rosāˈriums or rosāˈria) (Latin)

A rose garden