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Rosa

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Ro·sa  (rzä), Monte
A mountain, 4,636.9 m (15,203 ft) high, on the Swiss-Italian border that is the highest elevation in the Pennine Alps.
Rosa [ˈrəʊzə (Italian) ˈrɔːza]
n
Monte [ˈmɒntɪ (Italian) ˈmonte]
(Placename) a mountain between Italy and Switzerland: the highest in the Pennine Alps. Height: 4634 m (15 204 ft.)
Rosa2
n
(Biographies / Rosa, Salvator (1615-1673) M, Italian, ARTS AND CRAFTS: artist) Salvator (ˈsalvatɔr). 1615-73, Italian artist, noted esp for his romantic landscapes
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Noun1.RosaRosa - large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses
genus Rosa
rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants
family Rosaceae, Rosaceae, rose family - a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens
rose, rosebush - any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses


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The pet pupil of the Nuns' House is Miss Rosa Bud, of course called Rosebud; wonderfully pretty, wonderfully childish, wonderfully whimsical.
The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Dickens, Charles View in context
" Then the Breithorn and the Dent Blanche caught the radiant glow; but "the intervening mass of Monte Rosa made it necessary for us to climb many long hours before we could hope to see the sun himself, yet the whole air soon grew warmer after the splendid birth of the day.
A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
In this case the Queen is Margherita of Italy and the professor is Signor Mosso, the astronomer, who studies the heavens from an observatory on Monte Rosa.
The History of the Telephone by Casson, Herbert N. View in context
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