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Sub Rosa Flower Is Behind Desk

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noun

• a desk used for writing

49%5 Surnamed Rosa, actress who played Rosa Diaz on 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine'
noun

• United States biochemist (born in Spain) who studied the biological synthesis of nucleic acids (1905-1993)

41%7Sub Rosa
adverb

• confidentially or in secret

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