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white rose

American  

noun

English History.
  1. the emblem of the royal house of York.


white rose British  

noun

  1. English history a widely used emblem or badge of the House of York See also Wars of the Roses red rose

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of white rose

First recorded in 1550–60


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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

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

He told the BBC: "That would've been everything. That would've been the entire cap on my life, to play for Yorkshire and get the white rose."

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2023

My photographer friend and I sat down at a table decorated with a fake white rose.

From Slate ● Apr. 5, 2023

The white rose among the dried flowers in the vase.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

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