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2, a leaf; a, one of the involucral scales. Dan. rosmar, a walrus, mar in us, 'sea-dew, rosemary: see rosemary.] 1. Sea-dew. You shall steep Your bodies in that purer brine And wholesome dew called ros - marine. IMG:content-2486.png:[blocks in formation] Rosmarine ( Vacca marina of Gesner, 1560). that from Gesner here reproduced), and to them is probably traceable the heraldic creation known as the marine wolf (which see, under marine ). Gesner's figure is clearly the walrus, though the tusks point upward from the lower ja instead of the upper and though it is provided with hind feet besides a tail, instead of hind limbs forming a tail. Many zoological illustrations of the sixteenth century are not more accurate. Compare the cut under walrus. Greedy Rosmarines with visages deforme. Spenser, F. Q., II. xii. 24. II. a . Pertaining or relating to the walruses. Rosmarinus (ros-ma-rī'nus), n. [L.ros mar i nus , sea-dew: see rosemary .] A genus of gamopetalous plants, of the order Labiatæ and tribe Monardeæ. It is characterized by an ovoid and slightly two-lipped calyx, beardle within; by an exserted corolla tube enlarged in the throat, the limb two-lipped, the large middle lobe of the lower lip declined and concave; and by having two stamens, each with a single anther-cell, the connective being continuous with the filament and the other cell represented by a slender reflexed tooth. The only species, R. officinal is, the rosemary (which see), is native through the Mediterranean region, and cultivated elsewhere, but is not hardy in America north of Virginia. It is a low-branched evergreen aromatic shrub, 4 or 5 feet high, bearing linear entire opposite leaves which are ses sile, thickish, about one inch long, smooth and green above, with revolute margins, and white with stellate hairs beneath. The pale-blue flowers are produced throughout the year; they are nearly se ile among the upper leaves, and form loosely few-flowered and axillary bracted verticillasters clustered in a few short racemes.