Rose-water
adjective
1.
having the aroma or fragrance of rose water.
2.
affectedly delicate, nice, or fine; sentimental:
a Victorian novelist with a genteel, rose-water style.
noun
1.
water tinctured with the essential oil of roses, used as a perfume.
noun
1.
scented water used as a perfume and in cooking, made by the distillation of rose petals or by impregnation with oil of roses
(as modifier): rose-water scent
2.
(modifier) elegant or delicate, esp excessively so
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