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rose family

American

noun

the plant family Rosaceae, characterized by trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants having compound or simple leaves with stipules, flowers typically with five sepals and five petals, and fruit in a variety of forms, many of which are fleshy and edible, and including the almond, apple, apricot, blackberry, cherry, cinquefoil, hawthorn, peach, pear, plum, raspberry, rose, spirea, and strawberry.

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Unfortunately, the rose family is host to many pests and diseases.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 3, 2023

They eat flowers, buds and leaves and like to feast on other members of the rose family, particularly ornamental plums and cherries.

From Washington Post • Jul. 19, 2016

The rose family has a lot of fruit in it like cherries, raspberries and strawberries.

From New York Times • Jul. 26, 2011

It has the Damask essence with a combination of some really nice fruity smells, which I mentioned before and which again in my mind are in the rose family.

From New York Times • Jul. 26, 2011

BURNET, known botanically as Poterium, a member of the rose family.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various

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