[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

rosaceous \rosa"ceous\, a. 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
          corolla.
          1913 webster

   2. of a pure purpish pink color.
      1913 webster
see also:
rosaceae 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

rosaceous
     adj 1: 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
see also:
rose roseate 

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