Rosaceous(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.
Rosaceous(a.) Like a rose in shape or appearance; as, a rosaceous corolla.
Rosaceous(a.) Of a pure purpish pink color.
Rosacic(a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid (called also lithic acid) found in certain red precipitates of urine. See Uric.
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