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Webster 1913 Edition
Rosaceous
Ro-sa′ceous
,Adj.
[L.
rosaceus
, fr. rosa
rose.] 1.
(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
corolla2.
Of a pure purpish pink color.
Webster 1828 Edition
Rosaceous
ROSA'CEOUS
, a s as z. [L. rosaceus. See Rose.]Rose-like; composed of several petals, arranged in a circular form; as a rosaceous corol.