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adj. - Of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of a particular family adj. - Of something having a dusty purplish pink color.

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Usage examples (11)
  • Adjective : rosaceous loveliness
  • 'Grass-rose,' or put it out of court for having no petals; but it certainly shall not be called rosaceous; and my first point will be to make sure of my pupils having a...
  • Special plant communities include rosaceous chaparral and oak-juniper woodlands.
  • Fruit tree virus infections of ornamental rosaceous trees and shrubs
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