Thesaurus: rosaceous

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1. 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.
2. a. Like a rose in shape or appearance; as, a rosaceous corolla.
3. a. Of a pure purpish pink color.
4. adj. of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Rosaceae
5. adj. of something having a dusty purplish pink color
6. 1. (Bot.) (a) 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 tress, and quinces. (b) Like a rose in shape or appearance; as, a rosaceous corolla. 2. Of a pure purpish pink color.
7. a. of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Rosaceae