rose vs sanguine

rose

adj
  • Having a purplish-red or pink colour. See rosy. 

noun
  • Something resembling a rose flower. 

  • A shrub of the genus Rosa, with red, pink, white or yellow flowers. 

  • The usually circular base of a light socket in the ceiling, from which the fitting or chandelier is suspended. 

  • A round nozzle for a sprinkling can or hose. 

  • A plant or species in the rose family. (Rosaceae) 

  • Any of various large, red-bodied, papilionid butterflies of the genus Pachliopta. 

  • Any of various flower-like polar graphs of sinusoids or their squares. 

  • A purplish-red or pink colour, the colour of some rose flowers. 

  • The rose flower, usually depicted with five petals, five barbs, and a circular seed. 

  • A flower of the rose plant. 

  • A graph with only one vertex. 

verb
  • To make rose-coloured; to redden or flush. 

  • To perfume, as with roses. 

  • simple past tense of rise 

sanguine

adj
  • Having the colour of blood; blood red. 

  • Characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood. 

  • Anticipating the best; optimistic; confident; full of hope. 

  • Warm; ardent. 

verb
  • To stain with blood; to impart the colour of blood to; to ensanguine. 

noun
  • A tincture, seldom used, of a blood-red colour (not to be confused with murrey). 

  • Red crayon. 

  • Blood colour; red. 

  • Bloodstone. 

  • Anything of a blood-red colour, as cloth. 

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