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What is the significance of the English Rose?
The national flower of England is the rose, but not just any rose. The Tudor rose was adopted by Henry VII as England's emblem of peace at the end of the War of the Roses, the civil wars between the royal house of Lancashire, who wore a red rose, and the royal house of York, who wore white.
What is the English Rose metaphor?
English rose is a description, associated with English culture, that may be applied to a naturally beautiful woman or girl who is from or is associated with England. The description has a cultural reference to the national flower of England, the rose, and to its long tradition within English symbolism.
What does it mean to call a woman an English Rose?
English Rose - a naturally beautiful woman of fair complexion from England.
What is the origin of the English Rose?
In marrying Elizabeth of York in 1486 he combined two dynasties and two roses, giving birth to the famous Tudor Rose, which was both white and red. This became known as “the flower of England”, and is today the country's national flower.