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microcosm
/ˈmaɪ krə ˌkɑ zəm /
/ˈmaɪ krə ˌkɑ zəm /
rose
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rose
/ˈroʊz/
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a growth in strength or number or importance
rose meaning(s)
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- (n) a growth in strength or number or importance
- (n) the act of changing location in an upward direction
- (n) an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
- (n) a movement upward
- (n) the amount a salary is increased
- (n) the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises
- (n) a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
- (n) (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost
- (n) an increase in cost
- (n) increase in price or value
- (v) move upward
- (v) increase in value or to a higher point
- (v) rise to one's feet
- (v) rise up
- (v) come to the surface
- (v) come into existence; take on form or shape
- (v) move to a better position in life or to a better job
- (v) go up or advance
- (v) become more extreme
- (v) get up and out of bed
- (v) rise in rank or status
- (v) become heartened or elated
- (v) exert oneself to meet a challenge
- (v) take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
- (v) increase in volume
- (v) come up, of celestial bodies
- (v) return from the dead
- (n) any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
- (n) pinkish table wine from red grapes whose skins were removed after fermentation began
- (n) a dusty pink color
- (adj) of something having a dusty purplish pink color
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- Vested in rose garments, Pius XI prayed over the Rose, incensed it, poured balsam and musk into a tiny cup in its centre.
- According to legend, when Aphrodite emerged from the foaming sea, the earth was so eager to compete with the spectacle that it promptly produced the first rose.
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rose acacia
large shrub or small tree of the eastern United States having bristly stems…
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rose apple
tropical tree of the East Indies cultivated for its edible fruit
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rose bay
an ornamental but poisonous flowering shrub having narrow evergreen leaves and…
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rose bed
a flower bed in which roses are growing
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rose beetle
a common metallic green European beetle: larvae feed on plant roots and adults…
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rose bug
common North American beetle: larvae feed on roots and adults on leaves and flowers…
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rose campion
an old cottage garden plant of southeastern Europe widely cultivated for…
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rose chafer
a common metallic green European beetle: larvae feed on plant roots and adults…
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rose chestnut
handsome East Indian evergreen tree often planted as an ornamental for…
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rose family
a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate…
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rose garden
a garden for growing roses
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rose geranium
any of several southern African geraniums having fragrant three-lobed…
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rose globe lily
globe lily with deep rose-pink or purple egg-shaped flowers on flexuous…
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rose gum
very tall tree of Queensland and New South Wales
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rose hip
the fruit of a rose plant
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rose leek
North American bulbous plant
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rose louise hovick
United States striptease artist who became famous on Broadway in…
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rose mallow
showy shrub of salt marshes of the eastern United States having large rose-colored…
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rose moss
widely cultivated in many varieties for its fleshy moss-like foliage and profusion…
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rose of china
large showy Asiatic shrub or small tree having large single or double…
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rose of jericho
densely tufted fern ally of southwestern United States to Peru; curls…
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rose of sharon
Asiatic shrub or small shrubby tree having showy bell-shaped rose or…
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rose oil
a volatile fragrant oil obtained from fresh roses by steam distillation