1. A plant and flower of the genus Rosa, of many species and varieties, as the wild canine or dog-rose, the white rose, the red rose, the cinnamon rose, the eglantine or sweet briar, _c. There are five petals; the calyx is urceolate, quinquefid, and corneous; the See ds are numerous, hispid, and fixed to the inside of the calyx.

2. A knot of ribbon in the form of a rose, used as an ornamental tie of a shoe.

Under the rose, in secret; privately; in a manner that forbids disclosure.

Rose of Jericho, a plant growing on the plain of Jericho, the Anastatica hierochuntica.

, pret. of rise.