white rose
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of white rose
First recorded in 1550–60
Example Sentences
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The state media broadcast featured the 42-year-old dictator paying homage to the deceased, scattering dirt over one tomb and laying a white rose on another.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
As she was leaving the nurse gave her a box with the white rose petals inside and said she could put them on her stillborn son's grave.
From BBC • Nov. 28, 2025
In another garden, Bifano discovered a Lasting Love bush that produced a pure white sport, but no one wanted to propagate a new white rose, since there are so many already available, Carruth said.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2025
My photographer friend and I sat down at a table decorated with a fake white rose.
From Slate • Apr. 5, 2023
There, all but obscured by its preserved cousins, is a fresh white rose.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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