Rose

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Roses and culture

Roses are ancient symbols of love and beauty. The rose was sacred to a number of goddesses, and is often used as a symbol of the Virgin Mary. Roses are so important that the word means pink or red in a variety of languages (such as Romance languages, Greek, and Polish).

Related Topics:
Love - Beauty - Goddess - The Virgin Mary - Romance languages - Greek - Polish

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The rose is the national flower of England, the provincial flower of Alberta (the wild rose), and the state flower of four US states: Iowa and North Dakota (R. arkansana), Georgia (R. laevigata), and New York (Rosa generally). Portland, Oregon counts "City of Roses" among its nicknames, and holds an annual Rose Festival.

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England - Alberta - Iowa - North Dakota - ''R. arkansana'' - Georgia - R. laevigata - New York - Rosa - Portland, Oregon

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A red rose (often held in a hand) is also a symbol of socialism or social democracy; it is also used as a symbol by the United Kingdom Labour Party, as well as by the French, Spanish, Portuguese, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Brazilian and European socialist parties.

Related Topics:
Socialism - Social democracy - United Kingdom - Labour Party

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The rose came to symbolize the Republic of Georgia's non-violent bid for freedom during its Rose Revolution.

Related Topics:
Republic of Georgia - Non-violent - Freedom - Rose Revolution

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Symbolism

Roses come in a variety of hues, each with a different symbolic meaning:

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• Red: love
• Pink: grace
• Dark Pink: gratitude
• Light Pink: admiration, sympathy
• White: innocence, purity, secrecy (see also: White Rose German resistance movement),"You're heavenly...", "I'm worthy of you...", reverence and humility.
• Yellow: dying love or platonic love
• Orange: passion
• Burgundy: beauty
• Blue: mystery (see blue rose)

The symbol of a rose can also refer to the red rose of Lancaster, and the white rose of York, from the Wars of the Roses period.

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Red rose of Lancaster - White rose of York - Wars of the Roses

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Roses in art

Roses are commonly portrayed by artists. The French artist Pierre-Joseph Redouté produced some of the most detailed paintings of roses.

Related Topics:
Artist - French - Pierre-Joseph Redouté

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Quotes

• What's in a name? That which we call a rose/By any other name would smell as sweet. – William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet act II, sc. ii
• Hearts starve as well as bodies; give us bread, but give us roses. - James Oppenheim, "Bread and Roses"
• Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose – Gertrude Stein, Sacred Emily (1913), a poem included in Geography and Plays.