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[[Image:WhiteRose.jpg|right|thumb|300px|A white rose]]

[[Image:RedRose.jpg|right|thumb|260px|Red Rose]]

A '''rose''' is either a thorny, flowering [[shrub]] or the [[flower]] of that shrub.  The [[leaf|leaves]] are pinnately compound, having pairs of leaflets along an axis with a single leaflet at the end.  Many cultivated varieties have double flowers.  Roses are used as ornamental plants in gardens and for cut flowers and rose [[oil]]. Roses come in many varieties and colors. Traditionally, red roses symbolize love and romance, white roses symbolize purity and innocence and are often used at weddings, and yellow roses are given for friendship.  

A '''rose''' is either a thorny, flowering [[shrub]] or the [[flower]] of that shrub.  The [[leaf|leaves]] are pinnately compound, having pairs of leaflets along an axis with a single leaflet at the end.  Many cultivated varieties have double flowers.  Roses are used as ornamental plants in gardens and for cut flowers and rose [[oil]]. Roses come in many varieties and colors. Traditionally, red roses symbolize love and romance, white roses symbolize purity and innocence and are often used at weddings, and yellow roses are given for friendship.  

Red roses are often given on [[Valentine's Day]] as a symbol of love. The Rose is the [[state flower]] of [[New York]]. <ref>http://www.50states.com/flower/newyork.htm</ref>  

Red roses are often given on [[Valentine's Day]] as a symbol of love. The Rose is the [[state flower]] of [[New York]]. <ref>http://www.50states.com/flower/newyork.htm</ref>