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rozenkrans

“rozenkrans” is a Dutch word. Its 7 meanings in English:

noun

  1. a wreath of roses
  2. the rosary, a Catholic prayer sequence, consisting of repetitions of Our Lady and Our Father
  3. a rosary, Catholic or, less commonly, Anglican prayer beads used to keep track of the above
  4. a deer's antlers' knobby edges
  5. the plant Gnaphalium dioicum, now Antennaria dioica
  6. youth
  7. virginity

Etymology

From Middle Dutch rosencrans. Equivalent to roos (“rose”) + krans (“wreath”).

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