Emily Dickinson Lexicon

ROSE, n. [s as z; Fr. rose; L. It. and Sp. rosa; G. and Dan. rose; D. roos, rooze; Sw. ros; Arm. rosen; Ir. ros or rosa; W. rhôs; Gr. ῥοδον; from the root of red, ruddy, W. rhuz. See Red.]

1. A plant and flower of the genus Rosa, of many species and varieties, as the wild, canine or dog-rose, the white rose, the red rose, the cinnamon rose, the eglantine or sweet briar, &c. There are five petals; the calyx is urceolate, quinquefid, and corneous; the seeds are numerous, hispid, and fixed to the inside of the calyx. – Encyc.
2. A knot of ribin in the form of a rose, used as an ornamental tie of a shoe. Under the rose, in secret; privately; in a manner that forbids disclosure. Rose of Jericho, a plant growing on the plain of Jericho, the Anastatica hierochuntica.