red rose

noun English History.

the emblem of the royal house of Lancaster.

Compare Wars of the Roses, white rose.

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Examples from the Web for red rose

Historical Examples of red rose

Jeanne nodded with a curl of disbelief in her red-rose mouth.
A Little Girl in Old Detroit
Amanda Minnie Douglas
Yet as she said it she was thinking how glad she was that she herself was red-rose rather than lily!
Shadows of Flames
Amelie Rives
All her red-rose beauty had gone from the little maid along with her dancing lightness.
The Maid of the Whispering Hills
Vingie E. Roe
It is the red-rose light, upon the feet of those who dance upon graves.
Visions and Revisions
John Cowper Powys
Queeker never by any chance addressed the sun, or the red-rose, or anything else suggestive of health and vigour.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands
R.M. Ballantyne

British Dictionary definitions for red rose

red rose

noun

English history the emblem of the House of LancasterSee also Wars of the Roses, white rose

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