Definitions for rosaceous

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rosaceous ro·sa·ceous

Spelling: [roh-zey-shuh s]

IPA: /roʊˈzeɪ ʃəs/

Rosaceous is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 368 anagrams from letters in rosaceous (aceoorssu).

Definitions for rosaceous

adjective

1. belonging to the plant family Rosaceae. Compare rose family.
2. having a corolla of five broad petals, like that of a rose.
3. like a rose; roselike:
4. rose-colored; rosy.

Origin of rosaceous

1725-35; Latin rosāceus made of roses, equivalent to ros(a) rose¹ + -āceus -aceous

Examples for rosaceous

In some rosaceous plants an epicalyx is present, due to the formation of stipulary structures by the sepals.

Avens, the English name of two rosaceous plants of the genus Geum.

The larvæ are not indiscriminate feeders, but prefer the foliage of certain members of the rosaceous family of plants.