rosace

[roh-zeys, -zahs]

noun

1. rosette.

rosace

/ ˈrəʊzeɪs /

noun

1. another name for rose window

2. another name for rosette

Word History and Origins

Origin of rosace¹

1840–50; < French < Latin rosāceus rosaceous

Word History and Origins

Origin of rosace¹

C19: from French, from Latin rosāceus _rosaceous

Example Sentences

Here they perform American premieres of works by the Israeli composers Ayal Adler and Yair Klartag alongside Hanns Eisler’s “Fourteen Ways of Describing the Rain,” Gérard Grisey’s “Talea” and Spencer Topel’s “Details on the Strasbourg Rosace.”

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Sanguisorbā′ce�, Sanguisor′be�, a sub-order of Rosace�, containing about 150 species; Sanguisū′ga, a genus of leeches.—adjs.

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Plum, plum, n. a well-known stone fruit of various colours, of the natural order Rosace�: the tree producing it: the best part of all: a sum of �100,000, a handsome fortune.—ns.

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Pyrus, pī′rus, n. a genus of trees and shrubs of the natural order Rosace�, sub-order Pome�.

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Pomā′ce�, a suborder of Rosace�—the apple family—also Pome′�.—adj.

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