Webster's Dictionary 1913

4672

Roselite

Ro″se‐lite (?), n. [From the German mineralogist G. Rose + -lite.] (Min.) A hydrous arsenite of cobalt, occuring in small red crystals, allied to erythrite.

4673

Rosella

‖Ro″sel″la (?), n. [NL., dim. of L. rosa rose.] (Zoöl.) A beautiful Australian parrakeet (Platycercus eximius) often kept as a cage bird. The head and back of the neck are scarl...

4674

Roselle

Ro‐selle″ (?), n.(Bot.) a malvaceous plant (Hibiscus Sabdariffa) cultivated in the east and West Indies for its fleshy calyxes, which are used for making tarts and jelly and an ...

4675

Rosemaloes

Rose′mal″oes (?), n. [From the native name; cf. Malay rasamāla the name of the tree.] The liquid storax of the East Indian Liquidambar orientalis.

4676

Rosemary

Rose″ma‐ry (?), n. [OE. rosmarine, L. rosmarinus; ros dew (cf. Russ. rosa, Lith. rasa, Skr. rasa juice) + marinus marine: cf. F. romarin. In English the word has been changed as...

4677

Rosen

Ros″en (?), a. Consisting of roses; rosy.

4678

Rosenmüller's organ

Ro″sen‐mül′ler's or″gan (?). [So named from its first describer, J. C. Rosenmüller, a German anatomist.] (Anat.) The parovarium.

4679

Roseo-

Ro″se‐o– (?). (Chem.) A prefix (also used adjectively) signifying rose-red; specifically used to designate certain rose-red compounds (called roseo-cobaltic compounds) of cobalt...

4680

Roseola

‖Ro‐se″o‐la (?), n. [NL., dim. of L. rosa a rose.] (med.) A rose-colored efflorescence upon the skin, occurring in circumscribed patches of little or no elevation and often alte...

4681

Roser

Ros″er (?), n. A rosier; a rosebush.

4682

Roseroot

Rose″root′ (?), n.(Bot.) A fleshy-leaved herb (Rhodiola rosea); rosewort; — so called because the roots have the odor of roses.

4683

Rosery

Ros″er‐y (?), n. A place where roses are cultivated; a nursery of roses. See Rosary, 1.

4684

Roset

Ro″set (?), n. [F. rosette. See Rosette.] A red color used by painters. Peacham.

4685

Rosetta wood

Ro‐set″ta wood′ (?). An east Indian wood of a reddish orange color, handsomely veined with darker marks. It is occasionally used for cabinetwork. Ure.

4686

Rosette

Ro‐sette (?), n. [F., dim. of rose a rose. Cf. Roset.] 1. An imitation of a rose by means of ribbon or other material, — used as an ornament or a badge.2. (Arch.) An ornament in...

4687

Rosewood

Rose″wood (?), n. A valuable cabinet wood of a dark red color, streaked and variegated with black, obtained from several tropical leguminous trees of the genera Dalbergia and Ma...

4688

Roseworm

Rose″worm′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) The larva of any one of several species of lepidopterous insects which feed upon the leaves, buds, or blossoms of the rose, especially Cacæcia rosacean...

4689

Rosewort

Rose″wort′ (?), n.(Bot.) (a) Roseroot. (b) Any plant nearly related to the rose. Lindley.

4690

Rosicrucian

Ros′i‐cru″cian (?), n. [The name is probably due to a German theologian, Johann Valentin Andreä, who in anonymous pamphlets called himself a knight of the Rose Cross (G. Rosenkr...

4691

Rosicrucian (2)

Ros′i‐cru″cian (?), a. Of or pertaining to the Rosicrucians, or their arts.

4692

Rosied

Ros″ied (?), a. Decorated with roses, or with the color of roses.

4693

Rosier

Ro″sier (?), n. [F., fr. L. rosarius of roses. Cf. Rosary.] A rosebush; roses, collectively.Crowned with a garland of sweet rosier. Spenser.

4694

Rosily

Ros″i‐ly (?), adv. In a rosy manner. M. Arnold.

4695

Rosin

Ros″in (?), n. [A variant of resin.] The hard, amber-colored resin left after distilling off the volatile oil of turpentine; colophony.Rosin oil, an oil obtained from the resin ...

4696

Rosin (2)

Ros″in, v. t. To rub with rosin, as musicians rub the bow of a violin.Or with the rosined bow torment the string. Gay.

4697

Rosiness

Ros″i‐ness (?), n. The quality of being rosy.

4698

Rosinweed

Ros″in‐weed′ (?), n.(Bot.) (a) The compass plant. See under Compass. (b) A name given in California to various composite plants which secrete resins or have a resinous smell.