PREFERRED TERM
Rose
DEFINITION
- n. From the classical Latin "rosa" and the development of Anglo-Normal and Old French "rose". From the Old English "hrose" "ros" and Middle English "roos" "roose" "rose". It refers to the representaton of the flower or a flowering stem of any of numerous wild and cultivated plants of the genus Rosa typically red, white, or yellow, and often scented, but also occurring in a wide variety of other forms and colours.
BROADER CONCEPT
ENTRY TERMS
- roses
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
- Simpson, John; Weiner, Edmund (eds). The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989. [www.oed.com]
BELONGS TO GROUP
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Rose
French
Rosa
Italian
Rosa
Spanish
rosas
URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/785
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