rosaceous

adjective

Of or belonging to the rose family.

adjective

Resembling the flower of a rose.

In botany: Rose-like; having a corolla composed of several wide-spreading roundish petals, with the claws very short or almost wanting.

Of or pertaining to the order Rosaceæ.

In zoology, of a rosy color; rose-red; rosy; roseate.

adjective

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 trees, and quinces.

adjective

Like a rose in shape or appearance.

adjective

Of a pure purpish pink color.

adjective

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