Rosaceous

·adj Of a pure purpish pink color.

II. Rosaceous ·adj Like a rose in shape or appearance; as, a rosaceous corolla.

III. Rosaceous ·adj 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.