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ROSACEOUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of something having a dusty purplish pink color
Example:
the roseate glow of dawn
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Similar:
chromatic (being or having or characterized by hue)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Rosaceae
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Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Rosaceae (a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens)
Derivation:
Rosaceae (a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens)
