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🌹 Of the rose family 🩷 Pinkish color
rosaceous

rosaceous

9.9
Relating to plants like roses, apples, and cherries
  • adjective
  • /roʊˈzeɪʃəs/
  • Specialized
translation icon : rosáceo
  • Many fruits we eat, such as apples and cherries, come from rosaceous plants.

Examples

  • Some rosaceous species are prized for their ornamental flowers.

  • The garden's rosaceous shrubs bloomed beautifully in early summer.

  • The rosaceous blooms in the garden attract many bees.

  • Is this plant rosaceous?

  • Many fruits we eat, such as apples and cherries, come from rosaceous plants.

  • Some rosaceous species are prized for their ornamental flowers.

  • The garden's rosaceous shrubs bloomed beautifully in early summer.

Surface Forms

rosaceous positive

Morphology

rosaceous = rose (semi-transparent) = rosa + aceous

The connection to 'rose' is clear, but the specific botanical reference to the Rosaceae family may not be immediately apparent to all learners.

Etymology

Rosaceous comes from the Latin root rosa 'rose' and the ending -aceous 'related to'. It is used for plants in the rose family (like apples and cherries), so being rosaceous means 'relating to roses'.