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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rosaceous

Rosaceous \Ro*sa"ceous\, a. [L. rosaceus, fr. rosa rose.]

  1. (Bot.)

    1. 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.

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

  2. Of a pure purpish pink color.

Wiktionary
rosaceous

Etymology 1 a. (cx botany English) Of or pertaining to a rose, or a member of the Rosaceae family of plants. Etymology 2

a. Resembling or characteristic of rosacea; rosy; reddish.

WordNet
rosaceous

  1. adj. of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Rosaceae

  2. having a dusty purplish pink color; "the roseate glow of dawn" [syn: rose, roseate]

Usage examples of "rosaceous".

His fingers seemed seared by the first contact with her flesh, and his face turned lupine, feral, his nostrils flaring as they filled with her ravishing rosaceous ruinous odor.

Olive went scarlet, the splotches on her face knitting into a rosaceous mask.

His whole inner vision was now bathed in a rich light of rosaceous gold.