ROSACEOUS

rose, roseate, rosaceous

(adjective) of something having a dusty purplish pink color; “the roseate glow of dawn”

rosaceous

(adjective) of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Rosaceae

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Adjective

rosaceous (not comparable)

(botany) Of or pertaining to a rose, or a member of the Rosaceae family of plants.

Etymology 2

Adjective

rosaceous (comparative more rosaceous, superlative most rosaceous)

Resembling or characteristic of rosacea; rosy; reddish.

Source: Wiktionary


Ro*sa"ceous, a. Etym: [L. rosaceus, fr. rosa rose.]

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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

8 November 2024

REPLACEMENT

(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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