Briar
(n.) Same as Brier. |
Briar
(n.) A plant with a slender woody stem bearing stout prickles |
Briar
(n.) Fig.: Anything sharp or unpleasant to the feelings. |
Cop-rose
(n.) The red, or corn, poppy. |
Cup-rose
(n.) Red poppy. See Cop-rose. |
Dog-rose
(n.) A common European wild rose, with single pink or white flowers. |
Eglantine
(n.) A species of rose (Rosa Eglanteria), with fragrant foliage and flowers of various colors. |
Eglantine
(n.) The sweetbrier (R. rubiginosa). |
Gelder-rose
(n.) Same as Guelder-rose. |
Gy-rose
(a.) Turned round like a crook, or bent to and fro. |
Honey-sweet
(a.) Sweet as honey. |
Provence rose
() The cabbage rose (Rosa centifolia). |
Provence rose
() A name of many kinds of roses which are hybrids of Rosa centifolia and R. Gallica. |
Rose
(imp.) of Rise |
Rose
() imp. of Rise. |
Rose
(n.) A flower and shrub of any species of the genus Rosa, of which there are many species, mostly found in the morthern hemispere |
Rose
(n.) A knot of ribbon formed like a rose |
Rose
(n.) A rose window. See Rose window, below. |
Rose
(n.) A perforated nozzle, as of a pipe, spout, etc., for delivering water in fine jets |
Rose
(n.) The erysipelas. |
Rose
(n.) The card of the mariner's compass |
Rose
(n.) The color of a rose |
Rose
(n.) A diamond. See Rose diamond, below. |
Rose
(v. t.) To render rose-colored |
Rose
(v. t.) To perfume, as with roses. |
Rose-colored
(a.) Having the color of a pink rose |
Rose-colored
(a.) Uncommonly beautiful |
Rose-cut
(a.) Cut flat on the reverse, and with a convex face formed of triangular facets in rows |
Rose-pink
(a.) Having a pink color like that of the rose, or like the pigment called rose pink. See Rose pink, under Rose. |
Rose-pink
(a.) Disposed to clothe everything with roseate hues |
Rose-red
(a.) Red as a rose |
Rose-rial
(n.) A name of several English gold coins struck in different reigns and having having different values |
Rose water
() Water tinctured with roses by distillation. |
Rose-water
(a.) Having the odor of rose water |
Sweet
(superl.) Having an agreeable taste or flavor such as that of sugar |
Sweet
(superl.) Pleasing to the smell |
Sweet
(superl.) Pleasing to the ear |
Sweet
(superl.) Pleasing to the eye |
Sweet
(superl.) Fresh |
Sweet
(superl.) Not changed from a sound or wholesome state. Specifically: (a) Not sour |
Sweet
(superl.) Plaesing to the mind |
Sweet
(n.) That which is sweet to the taste |
Sweet
(n.) Confectionery, sweetmeats, preserves, etc. |
Sweet
(n.) Home-made wines, cordials, metheglin, etc. |
Sweet
(n.) That which is sweet or pleasant in odor |
Sweet
(n.) That which is pleasing or grateful to the mind |
Sweet
(n.) One who is dear to another |
Sweet
(adv.) Sweetly. |
Sweet
(v. t.) To sweeten. |
Sweet-breasted
(a.) Having a sweet, musical voice, as the nightingale. Cf. Breast, n., 6. |
rose chafer
rose bug
Macrodactylus subspinosus | common North American beetle: larvae feed on roots and adults on leaves and flowers of e.g. rose bushes or apple trees or grape vines |
rose chafer rose beetle
Cetonia aurata | a common metallic green European beetle: larvae feed on plant roots and adults on leaves and flowers of e.g. roses |
| sweet-potato whitefly | a variety of whitefly |
briar
briar pipe | a pipe made from the root (briarroot) of the tree heath |
ocarina
sweet potato | egg-shaped terra cotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes |
rose bed
bed of roses | a flower bed in which roses are growing |
| rose garden | a garden for growing roses |
| rose water | perfume consisting of water scented with oil of roses |
rose window
rosette | circular window filled with tracery |
| wind rose | weather map showing the frequency and strength of winds from different directions |
rose
rosiness | a dusty pink color |
| old rose | a greyish-pink color |
sweetness
sweet | the property of tasting as if it contains sugar |
sweet
sweetness
sugariness | the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth |
blarney
coaxing
soft soap
sweet talk | flattery designed to gain favor |
sweet nothings
honeyed words | inconsequential expressions of affection, he whispered sweet nothings into her ear |
| sweet tooth | a strong appetite for sweet food |
sweet
confection | a food rich in sugar |
bittersweet chocolate
semi-sweet chocolate
dark chocolate | chocolate liquor with cocoa butter and small amounts of sugar and vanilla, lecithin is usually added |
dessert
sweet afters | a dish served as the last course of a meal |
| sweet oil | mild vegetable oil when used as food, especially olive or edible rape oil |
sweet roll
coffee roll | any of numerous yeastaised sweet rolls with our without raisins or nuts or spices or a glaze |
| sweet potato | the edible tuberous root of the sweet potato vine which is grown widely in warm regions of the United States |
| sweet pepper | large mild crisp thick-walled capsicum peppers usually bell-shaped or somewhat oblong, commonly used in salads |
sweet corn
green corn | corn that can be eaten as a vegetable while still young and soft |
| sweet orange | orange with sweet juicy pulp, often has a thin skin |
| sweet calabash | apple-sized passion fruit of the West Indies |
bell apple
sweet cup
water lemon
yellow granadilla | the edible yellow fruit of the Jamaica honeysuckle |
muskmelon
sweet melon | the fruit of a muskmelon vine, any of several sweet melons related to cucumbers |
sweet cherry
black cherry | any of several fruits of cultivated cherry trees that have sweet flesh |
| rose apple | fragrant oval yellowish tropical fruit used in jellies and confections |
basil
sweet basil | leaves of the common basil, used fresh or dried |
sweet woodruff
waldmeister | fragrant dark green leaves used to flavor May wine |
| sweet cicely | fresh ferny leaves and green seeds used as garnish in salads and cold vegetables, dried seeds used in confectionery and liqueurs |
| sweet pickle | pickle cured in brine and preserved in sugar and vinegar |
blush wine
pink wine
rose
rose wine | pinkish table wine from red grapes whose skins were removed after fermentation began |
sweet vermouth
Italian vermouth | sweet dark amber variety |
| sweet cider | unfermented cider |
smoothie
smoothy
sweet talker
charmer | someone with an assured and ingratiating manner |
Benet
William Rose Benet | United States writer, brother of Stephen Vincent Benet (-) |
Lee Gypsy Rose Lee
Rose Louise Hovick | United States striptease artist who became famous on Broadway in the s (-) |
Sweet
Henry Sweet | English phonetician, one of the founders of modern phonetics (-) |
Carolina allspice
strawberry shrub
strawberry bush sweet shrub
Calycanthus floridus | hardy shrub of southeastern United States having clove-scented wood and fragrant red-brown flowers |
Japan allspice
Japanese allspice
winter sweet Chimonanthus praecox | deciduous Japanese shrub cultivated for its fragrant yellow flowers |
sweet bay
swamp bay
swamp laurel Magnolia virginiana | shrub or small tree having rather small fragrant white flowers, abundant in southeastern United States |
Christmas rose
winter rose
black hellebore Helleborus niger | European evergreen plant with white or purplish rose-like winter-blooming flowers |
lenten rose
black hellebore Helleborus orientalis | slightly hairy perennial having deep green leathery leaves and flowers that are ultimately purplish-green |
sweet gale
Scotch gale
Myrica gale | bog shrub of north temperate zone having bitter-tasting fragrant leaves |
sweet fern
Comptonia peregrina
Comptonia asplenifolia | deciduous shrub of eastern North America with sweet scented fernlike leaves and tiny white flowers |
melilotus
melilot
sweet clover | erect annual or biennial plant grown extensively especially for hay and soil improvement |