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Definition of 'wars of the roses' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) War of the Roses, Wars of the Roses
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
Definitions of 'wars of the roses' The Nuttall Encyclopedia 

1.  wars of the roses
name given to a civil war in England from 1452 to 1486, between the Houses of York and Lancaster, so called from the badge of the former being a white rose and that of the latter being a red; it terminated with the accession of Henry VII., who united in his person the rival claims.

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