1. the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose; [syn: York, House of York]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
House of York
n 1: the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line)
that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
[syn: York, House of York]