‖ ros solis Obs.
[L. rōs dew + sōlis gen. of sōl sun. The plant and liquor are also known in F. (and Pg.) as rossoli(s, whence Sp. and It. rosoli in sense 2 (cf. rosolio).]
1. The plant sundew; = rosa solis 1.
| 1578 Lyte Dodoens 414 The Ros Solis and Woolfes clawe do growe in drie waterie Countries. 1621 Burton Anat. Mel. ii. iv. i. iii. 440 Rosemary, Ros Solis, Betony, Saffron. 1652 T. Cademan Distiller of London 34 ℞..Ros solis, gathered in due season, and clean picked. 1728 Chambers Cycl. s.v. Rosolis, It had its Name because antiently prepared wholly of the Juice of the Plant Ros solis. 1757 A. Cooper Distiller iii. l. (1760) 215 The Ros-Solis or Sundew, from whence this Cordial Water has its name. |
2. = rosa solis 2. rare.
| 1652 T. Cademan Distiller of London Table of Waters, Aq. Roris Solis, Ros solis proper. 1877 E. S. Dallas Kettner's Bk. of Table 21 The Italians..brought with them into France at least two liqueurs—this acqua d'oro with a predominant flavour of rosemary; and rossolis, with a predominant flavour of sundew. |