roseaceous
adj 1 of, relating to the
Rosaceae, a family of flowering
plants typically having white,
yellow, pink or red five
petalled flowers. The family includes the rose,
strawberry,
blackberry and many fruit trees such as apple, cherry and
plum.
adj 2 of the colour rose;
rose-coloured; rosy.
[C18: from Latin rosaceus composed of roses,
from rosa ROSE]
