ro·sa·ceous /roˈzeʃəs/
(a.)薔薇科的,薔薇似的,薔薇色的
Ro·sa·ceous a.
1. Bot. (a) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Rosaceae) 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. (b) Like a rose in shape or appearance; as, a rosaceous corolla.
2. Of a pure purpish pink color.
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rosaceous
adj 1: of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the
family Rosaceae
2: having a dusty purplish pink color; "the roseate glow of
dawn" [syn: rose, roseate]