a woody shrub with thorns that produces fragrant, often brightly coloured flowers
She planted a red rose in the garden for her grandmother.
A bouquet of fresh roses filled the living room with a sweet scent.
A medical condition in which an organ or tissue becomes thicker and stiffer due to the formation of excess scar tissue.
The patient was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis.
Chronic fibrosis in the liver can lead to serious complications.
✦ Coined in the 19th century from New Latin fibrosis, equivalent to Latin fibra (“fiber, filament”) + -osis (suffix indicating a condition or process).
