rosaceous

American  

[roh-zey-shuhs] / roʊˈzeɪ ʃəs /

adjective

1. belonging to the plant family Rosaceae.

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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rosaceous British  

/ rəʊˈzeɪʃəs /

adjective

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

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Etymology

Origin of rosaceous

1725–35; < Latin rosāceus made of roses, equivalent to ros ( a ) rose ¹ + -āceus -aceous

Example Sentences

Gillenia trifoliata.—A pretty rosaceous plant about 2 ft. high.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various

The fine grass spread like a carpet beneath the trees, and the sun, riddling the foliage, embroidered this carpet with a rosaceous pattern in gold.

From International Short Stories: French by Cheneviere, A.

Rubus, rōō′bus, n. a genus of rosaceous plants including the raspberry, &c.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

The rosaceous tone of these pale individuals is more as in some populations of T. t. ocius and T. t. clusius to the southward.

From Comments on the Taxonomy and Geographic Distribution of Some North American Rodents by Hall, E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond)

Av�ens, the English name of two rosaceous plants of the genus Geum.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various