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[syn: rose, roseate, rosaceous]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Roseate \Ro"se*ate\, a. [Cf. L. roseus, rosatus, prepared from
roses. See Roseal, Rose.]
1. Full of roses; rosy; as, roseate bowers.
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2. resembling a rose in color or fragrance; esp., tinged with
rose color; blooming; as, roseate beauty; her roseate
lips.
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Roseate tern (Zool.), an American and European tern
(Sterna Dougalli) whose breast is roseate in the
breeding season.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
roseate
adj 1: of something having a dusty purplish pink color; "the
roseate glow of dawn" [syn: rose, roseate,
rosaceous]