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

/ rəʊˈzeɪʃəs /

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of rosaceous¹

1725–35; < Latin rosāceus made of roses, equivalent to ros ( a ) rose ¹ + -āceus -aceous

Word History and Origins

Origin of rosaceous¹

C18: from Latin rosāceus composed of roses, from rosa rose ¹

Example Sentences

Rubus, rōō′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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