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NOUN (1)

1. struggle for the English throne (1455-1485) between the house of York (white rose) and the house of Lancaster (red rose) ending with the accession of the Tudor monarch Henry VII;
[syn: War of the Roses, Wars of the Roses]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

War of the Roses
    n 1: struggle for the English throne (1455-1485) between the
         house of York (white rose) and the house of Lancaster (red
         rose) ending with the accession of the Tudor monarch Henry
         VII [syn: War of the Roses, Wars of the Roses]