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rosaceous

[ roh-zey-shuhs ]

adjective

  1. belonging to the plant family Rosaceae. Compare rose family.
  2. having a corolla of five broad petals, like that of a rose.
  3. like a rose; roselike:

    rosaceous loveliness.

  4. rose-colored; rosy.


rosaceous

/ °ùəʊˈ³ú±ðɪʃə²õ /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or belonging to the Rosaceae , a family of flowering plants typically having white, yellow, pink, or red five-petalled flowers. The family includes the rose, strawberry, blackberry, and many fruit trees such as apple, cherry, and plum
  2. of the colour rose; rose-coloured; rosy
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of rosaceous1

1725–35; < Latin °ù´Ç²õÄ峦±ð³Ü²õ made of roses, equivalent to ros ( a ) rose 1 + -Ä峦±ð³Ü²õ -aceous
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of rosaceous1

C18: from Latin °ù´Ç²õÄ峦±ð³Ü²õ composed of roses, from rosa rose 1
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Rubus, rÅÅ′bus, n. a genus of rosaceous plants including the raspberry, &c.

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Av�ens, the English name of two rosaceous plants of the genus Geum.

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The rosaceous tone of these pale individuals is more as in some populations of T. t. ocius and T. t. clusius to the southward.

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The fine grass spread like a carpet beneath the trees, and the sun, riddling the foliage, embroidered this carpet with a rosaceous pattern in gold.

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