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  • proper noun A taxonomic order within the class Magnoliopsidaflowering plants including the roses.

Etymologies

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Rosa +‎ -ales

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Examples

  • Adriana Rosales is the mother of my English student, Neddy.

    Rolly's camera is back in the kitchen 2007

  • Pennington entered spring training as the front-runner and still has that distinction, but Adam Rosales is making it interesting, and veteran Eric Chavez has been playing third base, shortstop and first base this spring.

    Chavez, Sheets relish chance to provide A's a healthy boost 2010

  • •That the venerable Army of the Republic of Honduras did only the will of the law by removing Manuel Zelaya Rosales from the presidency.

    Global Voices in English » Honduras: Zelaya Arrested and Removed as President 2009

  • Jon Rosales is an associate professor of environmental studies at St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York, and researches the impact of climate change on native communities in Alaska.

    Jon Rosales: Remember Shaktoolik Jon Rosales 2010

  • During a party ceremony in December the president made his intentions even clearer, calling Rosales a wretch and assuring the multitude of adoring, red-clad followers that he would "erase [Rosales] from the Venezuelan political scene."

    Reason Magazine - Hit & Run 2009

  • A Moultrie police officer on patrol spotted a woman, later identified as Rosales, walking in the middle of Fifth Street Northwest at 9: 09 p.m. Thursday.

    unknown title 2009

  • He called Rosales a corrupt gangster "worse than Don Corleone" of the

    Newsvine - Get Smarter Here 2008

  • He called Rosales a corrupt gangster "worse than Don Corleone" of the "Godfather" movies.

    The Jakarta Post 2008

  • Noticias24 (in Spanish) reports that Chavez called Rosales "Zulia's Corleone" and a "capo mafioso", and that eight paramilitary and drug traffic "capos" have been detained in Zulia, "which is no coincidence."

    Fausta's Blog 2008

  • He called Rosales a corrupt gangster "worse than Don Corleone" of the

    Newsvine - Get Smarter Here 2008

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