Rosaline vs. Rose

Rosalinenoun

A type of needlepoint.

Rosaline

Rosaline () is a fictional character mentioned in William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet (1597). She is the niece of Lord Capulet.

Rosenoun

A shrub of the genus Rosa, with red, pink, white or yellow flowers.

Rosenoun

A flower of the rose plant.

Rosenoun

A plant or species in the rose family. (Rosaceae)

Rosenoun

Something resembling a rose flower.

Rosenoun

(heraldry) The rose flower, usually depicted with five petals, five barbs, and a circular seed.

Rosenoun

A purplish-red or pink colour, the colour of some rose flowers.

Rosenoun

A round nozzle for a sprinkling can or hose.

Rosenoun

The base of a light socket.

Rosenoun

(mathematics) Any of various flower-like polar graphs of sinusoids or their squares.

Rosenoun

A graph with only one vertex.

Rosenoun

alternative spelling of rosé

Roseverb

To make rose-coloured; to redden or flush.

Roseverb

To perfume, as with roses.

Roseadjective

Having a purplish-red or pink colour. See rosy.

Rose

imp. of Rise.

Rosenoun

A flower and shrub of any species of the genus Rosa, of which there are many species, mostly found in the morthern hemispere

Rosenoun

A knot of ribbon formed like a rose; a rose knot; a rosette, esp. one worn on a shoe.

Rosenoun

A rose window. See Rose window, below.

Rosenoun

A perforated nozzle, as of a pipe, spout, etc., for delivering water in fine jets; a rosehead; also, a strainer at the foot of a pump.

Rosenoun

The erysipelas.

Rosenoun

The card of the mariner's compass; also, a circular card with radiating lines, used in other instruments.

Rosenoun

The color of a rose; rose-red; pink.

Rosenoun

A diamond. See Rose diamond, below.

Roseverb

To render rose-colored; to redden; to flush.

Roseverb

To perfume, as with roses.

Rosenoun

any of many plants of the genus Rosa

Rosenoun

pinkish table wine from red grapes whose skins were removed after fermentation began

Rosenoun

a dusty pink color

Roseadjective

having a dusty purplish pink color;

Rosenoun

any light pink wine, coloured by only brief contact with red grape skins

Roseverb

make rosy

Rose

A rose is a woody perennial flowering plant of the genus Rosa, in the family Rosaceae, or the flower it bears. There are over three hundred species and tens of thousands of cultivars.