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[syn: rose, roseate, rosaceous]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Rosaceous \Ro*sa"ceous\, a. [L. rosaceus, fr. rosa rose.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants
(Rosaceae) 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.
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2. Of a pure purpish pink color.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
rosaceous
adj 1: of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the
family Rosaceae
2: of something having a dusty purplish pink color; "the roseate
glow of dawn" [syn: rose, roseate, rosaceous]