rozujo

Esperanto

Etymology

From rozo (“rose”) +‎ -ujo (“container for”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [roˈzujo]
  • Rhymes: -ujo
  • Hyphenation: ro‧zu‧jo

Noun

rozujo (accusative singular rozujon, plural rozujoj, accusative plural rozujojn)

  1. rose bush
    • 1907, Kabe, chapter 1, in La Faraono, Hachette, translation of Faraon by Bolesław Prus:
      […] mi konstruus templon pli grandan ol la tutaj Teboj, kaj por mi – piramidon, apud kiu la tombo de Ĥeops ŝajnus kvazaŭ rozujo apud matura palmo…
      […] I would build a temple larger that all of Thebes and for me a pyramid compared to which the tomb of Cheops would seem like a rose bush to a full-grown palm tree…
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