rosary plant (rozariplant)

A vine, the Indian licorice, Abrus pre cat or i us, whose seeds are known as crabs ' - eyes, rosary - peas, etc. See Abrus.- Mexican rosary-plant. See Rhynchosia. rosary-shell (rõʻza-ri-shel), n. A gastropod of the genus Monodont a. See cut under Mono dont a. rosa sol is (roʻza soʻlis). [NL., ‘rose of the sun': L. rosa, rose; sol is, gen. of sol, the sun. Cf. rosolio.] A cordial made with spirits and various flavorings, as orange-flower and cinnamon, and formerly much esteemed. We abandon all ale, And beer that is stale, Rosa- sol is , and damnable hum. Wits ' Recreations (1654). ( Nares .) Repeating, as the rich cordial trickled forth in a smooth oily stream "Right rosa sol is as ever washed mulligrubs out of a moody brain!" Scott , Fortunes of Nigel, xxi. rosatedł (ro'zā-ted), a . [ * rosate (= F. rosat = Sp. Pg. rosa do = It. rosa to ; as rose1 + -atel ) + -ed2.] Crowned or adorned with roses. [Rare.] He [Gower] appear eth there neither the laureated nor hederated poet, but only rosated , having a Chaplet of four roses about his head. Fuller , Worthies, Yorkshire, III. 426. Roscicrucian, n . and a . See Rosicrucian . roscid (ros'id), a . [= Pg. roscido ; rosci dus , dewy, ros ( ror- ), dew: see rores , rorid .] Dewy; containing dew, or consisting of dew. These relicks dry suck in the heavenly dew, And roscid Manna rains upon her breast. Dr. H. More , Infinity of Worlds, st. 100. roscoe lite (ros'kō-līt), n. [ Roscoe (Prof. H. E. Roscoe) + Gr. λίθος , stone.] A mineral of a green color and micaceous structure, in composition a silicate of aluminium and pota ium, remarkable for containing nearly 30 per cent. of vanadium pentoxid. It has been found in California a ociated with gold.