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rosaceous
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective rosaceous has 2 senses
- rosaceous(a = adj.pert) Array - of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Rosaceae; Array Derived form noun rosaceae1
- rosaceous(s = adj.all) rose, roseate - of something having a dusty purplish pink color; "the roseate glow of dawn"
CIDE DICTIONARY
rosaceous, a. [L. rosaceus, fr. rosa rose.].
- Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (
Rosaceæ ) of which the rose is the type. It includes also the plums and cherries, meadowsweet, brambles, the strawberry, the hawthorn, applies, pears, service trees, and quinces. [1913 Webster] - Of a pure purpish pink color. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
rosaceous, adj. Bot. of the large plant family Rosaceae, which includes the rose.
Etymology
L rosaceus f. rosa rose
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