1725 R. Bradley at Rasberry-Bush Five Leaves rose-wise.
1908 Z. Gale ix. 126 I love to see the little warm, plump body in its fine white linen emerge rose-wise, from the calyx cloak.
1967 16 387 The many flowers, arranged in a sort of umbel, each on a pedicel an inch long, not very large but rose-wise consisting of either 5 or 6 pale petals set in a circle.