About The Word Rosaceous
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Rosaceous
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What's The Definition Of Rosaceous?
[adj] having a dusty purplish pink color; "the roseate glow of dawn"
[adj] of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Rosaceae Synonyms | Synonyms for Rosaceous: chromatic | rose | roseate Related Terms | Find terms related to Rosaceous: See Also | Rosaceous In Webster's Dictionary \Ro*sa"ceous\, a. [L. rosaceus, fr. rosa rose.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants
({Rosace[ae]}) 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.
(b) Like a rose in shape or appearance; as, a rosaceous
corolla.
2. Of a pure purpish pink color.
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