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adj
Of or relating to a rose, or a member of the Rosaceae family of plants.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, relational
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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adj
Resembling or characteristic of rosacea; rosy; reddish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective
of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Rosaceae
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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adjective satellite
of something having a dusty purplish pink color
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: rose, roseate
Antonyms: none provided
History
Borrowed from Latin rosāceus. Alternatively, from Rosaceae + -ous.
Etymology tree Translingual rosacea Proto-Indo-European *h3ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h3édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English rosaceous From Translingual rosacea + English -ous.
