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rosaceous

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Adjective
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ro=sa=ceous

CIDE DICTIONARY

rosaceousa. [L. rosaceus, fr. rosa rose.].
  •  Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Rosaceæ) 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.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Of a pure purpish pink color.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

rosaceous, adj. Bot. of the large plant family Rosaceae, which includes the rose.

Etymology
L rosaceus f. rosa rose

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