Definitions for: Rosaceous

[adj] having a dusty purplish pink color; "the roseate glow of dawn"
[adj] of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Rosaceae

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: chromatic, rose, roseate

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