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noun

British archaic any of several red-flowered weeds of cornfields, such as the corn poppy

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Words nearby corn rose

corn plant, corn pone, corn poppy, corn-root aphid, corn rootworm, corn rose, cornrow, corn salad, corn shock, corn shuck, corn silk

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How to use corn rose in a sentence

He first rose to prominence as a lawyer in Queens, who settled a boiling racial dispute over public housing in Forest Hills.
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Lady Rose is also rather subdued in the premiere, which is a pity.
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The seemingly endless ranks snapped to attention on command and thousands of white gloves rose in salute.
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Internet chatter rose to a deafening roar as speculation began about what—plastic surgery?
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I was on Charlie Rose recently, and in discussing Marilyn Monroe he asked, what do you think was her great appeal?
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Bits of paper blew aimlessly about, wafted by a little, feverish breeze, which rose in spasms and died away.
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The women at once rose and began to shake out their draperies and relax their muscles.
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We all rose to our feet, and he shook hands with everybody without waiting to be introduced.
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A sob rose in her throat, and broke from her lips transformed into a trembling, sharp, glad cry.
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"I hope you don't think I speak always to strangers, like that," said the girl in the rose hat.
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