n.
1.an ornament or pattern resembling a rose that is worn as a badge of office or as recognition of having won an honor
2.rhizoctinia disease of potatoes
3.a cluster of leaves growing in crowded circles from a common center or crown (usually at or close to the ground)
4.circular window filled with tracery
Idiom of the Day
stretch the point
to interpret a point very flexibly, to exaggerate something
It is stretching the point to think that the new company policy will let us take a two-hour lunch break.
