Rosaceous

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]