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Definition of: sub rosa
(sub rō′zə) Latin
Confidentially; in secret: literally, under the rose: because, in Egypt, the rose was the emblem of Horus, (Roman Harpocrates), mistakenly regarded by the Greeks and Romans as the god of silence, for he was often depicted as a child with finger on mouth.
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