rosaceous
Use Rosaceous in a sentence
ʃəs 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.
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| —adj | |
| 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 |
| [C18: from Latin rosāceus composed of roses, from rosa | |
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Example sentences
Special plant communities include rosaceous chaparral and oak-juniper woodlands.
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