Found 2 items, similar to rosaceous.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: rosaceous 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]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Rosaceous Rosaceous \Ro*sa"ceous\, a. [L. rosaceus, fr. rosa rose.] 1. (Bot.) (a) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Rosace[ae]) 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]