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white rose
noun
, English History.
- the emblem of the royal house of York.
white rose
noun
- English history a widely used emblem or badge of the House of York See also Wars of the Roses red rose
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Word History and Origins
Origin of white rose1
First recorded in 1550–60
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Example Sentences
RIP Gus Love, Grace and Samantha There was a P.S.: Threw a single white rose in exhibit.
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For she knew that when a Countess of Blanchelande is about to die she always finds a white rose on her prie-Dieu.
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Know then that I have found a white rose on the cushion of my prie-Dieu.
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The Duchess knew what the white rose meant to the ladies of Blanchelande.
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A neighbor had sent in a potted white rose, full of buds and bloom, and over this the sisters quarreled.
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He grasped a great white rose that was within reach of his hand and pressed it to his parched lips.
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