2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rosaceous  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  rosaceous 
  adj  1:  of  or  pertaining  to  or  characteristic  of  plants  of  the 
  family  Rosaceae 
  2:  having  a  dusty  purplish  pink  color;  "the  roseate  glow  of 
  dawn"  [syn:  {rose},  {roseate}] 

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