Index of English words, starting with "ro"

(1) - Rosemary (n.) A labiate shrub (Rosmarinus officinalis) with narrow grayish leaves, growing native in the southern part of France, Spain, and Italy, also in Asia Minor and in China. It has a fragrant smell, and a warm, pungent, bitterish taste. It is used in cookery, perfumery, etc., and is an emblem of fidelity or constancy.

(1) - Roseola (n.) A rose-colored efflorescence upon the skin, occurring in circumscribed patches of little or no elevation and often alternately fading and reviving; also, an acute specific disease which is characterized by an eruption of this character; -- called also rose rash.

(1) - Rosette (n.) A flowerlike color marking; as, the rosettes on the leopard.
(2) - Rosette (n.) Any structure having a flowerlike form; especially, the group of five broad ambulacra on the upper side of the spatangoid and clypeastroid sea urchins. See Illust. of Spicule, and Sand dollar, under Sand.
(3) - Rosette (n.) A rose burner. See under Rose.
(4) - Rosette (n.) A red color. See Roset.
(5) - Rosette (n.) An ornament in the form of a rose or roundel, -much used in decoration.
(6) - Rosette (n.) An imitation of a rose by means of ribbon or other material, -- used as an ornament or a badge.