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rosaceous |
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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