Hypertext Webster Gateway: "rosaceous"
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) 1.7 (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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