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Rosaceous adj.

(Bot.)

(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.

(b)

Like a rose in shape or appearance; as, a rosaceous corolla.

Of a pure purpish pink color.

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Etymology of 'Rosaceous'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Rosaceous" Quotes from Famous Books

... camphors, and the spicy, herbaceous, rosaceous, and almond series; the chemical types are well determined: cineol, ...

— Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 (of 6) • Havelock Ellis

... into the spacious porch whose lofty, vaulted ceiling was adorned with coffers displaying a rosaceous pattern. However, a veritable manure heap covered such marble slabs as had already been laid in the vestibule, whilst the steps of the monumental stone staircase with sculptured balustrade were already cracked and so grimy that they seemed almost black. On all sides appeared ...

— The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete - Lourdes, Rome and Paris • Emile Zola

Words linked to "Rosaceous" : roseate, chromatic, rose