The name rose comes from French, which comes from the Latin rosa.

While a popular flower for it's many uses, as shown below, it is the beauty of the rose and its symbolism as a flower of love that make it such a popular tattoo design.

The rose is a perennial flower shrub or vine of the genus Rosa, within the family Rosaceae that contains over 100 species and comes in a variety of colors.

The plant's fleshy edible fruit, which ripens in the late summer through autumn,is called a rose hip.

Attar of rose is the steam-extracted essential oil from rose flowers that has been used in perfumes for centuries.

The species form a group of erect shrubs, and climbing or trailing plants, with stems that are often armed with sharp prickles. Most are native to Asia, with smaller numbers of species native to North America, Europe and northwest Africa.

Rose hips are occasionally made into jam, jelly, and marmalade, or are brewed for tea, primarily for their high vitamin C content.

They are also pressed and filtered to make rose hip syrup. Rose hips are also used to produce Rose hip seed oil, which is used in skin products and some makeup products.

The leaves of most species are 2-6 inches long. The vast majority of roses are deciduous but a few (particularly in South east Asia) are evergreen or nearly so.

Rose hips are occasionally made into jam, jelly, and marmalade, or are brewed for tea, primarily for their high vitamin C content.

Beneath the petals are five sepals. These may be long enough to be visible when viewed from above and appear as green points alternating with the rounded petals.

The leaves of most species are 2-6 inches long. The vast majority of roses are deciduous but a few (particularly in South east Asia) are evergreen or nearly so.

The hips of most species are red, but a few have dark purple to black hips. Rose hips of some species are very rich in vitamin C, among the richest sources of any plant.

Beneath the petals are five sepals. These may be long enough to be visible when viewed from above and appear as green points alternating with the rounded petals.

The rose has been a popular tattoo design for many years and now it is also a popular design for temporary tattoos.

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