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roseate |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Roseate \Ro"se*ate\, a. [Cf. L. roseus rosatus prepared from roses. See {Roseal}, {Rose}.] 1. Full of roses; rosy; as roseate bowers. 2. resembling a rose in color or fragrance; esp., tinged with rose color; blooming; as roseate beauty; her roseate lips. {Roseate tern} (Zo["o]l.), an American and European tern ({Sterna Dougalli}) whose breast is roseate in the breeding season. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: roseate adj : having a dusty purplish pink color; "the roseate glow of dawn" [syn: {rose}, {rosaceous}]
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