3. (Med.) A ruddy eruption upon the nose caused by drinking ardent
spirits; a grog blossom.
Rose"finch (?), n. (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of Asiatic
finches of the genera Carpodacus, and Propasser, and allied genera, in
which the male is more or less colored with rose red.
Rose"fish` (?), n. (Zoöl.) A large marine scorpænoid food fish
(Sebastes marinus) found on the northern coasts of Europe and America.
called also red perch, hemdurgan, Norway haddok, and also, erroneously,
snapper, bream, and bergylt.
When full grown it is usually bright rose-red or orange-red; the young
are usually mottled with red and ducky brown.
Rose"head` (?), n. 1. See Rose, n., 4.
2. A many-sided pyramidal head upon a nail; also a nail with such a
head.
Ro"se*ine (? or ?), n. See Magenta.
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.
||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 scarlet, the throat is white, the
||back dark green varied with lighter green, and the breast yellow.
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 acid drink.
Rose`mal"oes (?), n. [From the native name; cf. Malay rasamla the name
of the tree.] The liquid storax of the East Indian Liquidambar
orientalis.
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 if it meant the rose of Mary. See
Marine.] 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.
There's rosemary, that's for remembrance.
Shak.
Marsh rosemary. (a) A little shrub (Andromeda polifolia) growing in
cold swamps and having leaves like those of the rosemary. (b) See under
Marsh. -- Rosemary pine, the loblolly pine. See under Loblolly.