Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Rosaceae"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Oso-berry \O"so-ber`ry\, n. (Bot.)
The small, blueblack, drupelike fruit of the {Nuttallia
cerasiformis}, a shrub of Oregon and California, belonging to
the Cherry tribe of {Rosace[ae]}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Rosaceae
n : a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales;
have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with
numerous stamens [syn: {Rosaceae}, {family Rosaceae}, {rose
family}]
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