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Meaning of 'rosaceous' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Rosaceous [ 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.
- Like a rose in shape or appearance; as, a rosaceous corolla.
- Of a pure purpish pink color.

Meaning of 'rosaceous' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . rosaceous [ s]
Meaning (1):
- of something having a dusty purplish pink color
Example in sentence:
  • the roseate glow of dawn

Nearby Words:

rosacic rosalgar rosalia rosaniline rosarian rosaries rosary roscid roscoelite rose

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