Wordnet 3.0
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]