English noun: Wars of the Roses | |||
| 1. | Wars of the Roses (act) 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 | ||
| Synonyms | War of the Roses | ||
| Instance hypernym | war, warfare | ||
| Part holonym | Bosworth Field | ||
| Domain region | England | ||