rosa solis

[ roh-zuh-soh-lis ]

noun,plural ro·sa so·lis·es.

sundew.

Origin of rosa solis

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1555–65; <New Latin, alteration (by influence of Latin rosa rose) of Latin rōs sōlis dew of the sun

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How to use rosa solis in a sentence

It is to be found at the southern corner of the west wall, and is what is known as a rosa solis.
Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely | Rev. Edward Conybeare.
I shall love aqua vit and rosa solis the better while I live.
A Select Collection of Old English Plays (11 of 15) | W. Carew Hazlitt
No, sir; nor rosa solis neither; and yet there was trial made of both.
A Select Collection of Old English Plays (11 of 15) | W. Carew Hazlitt

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