Roseate \Ro"se*ate\, a. [Cf. L. roseus, rosatus, prepared from
roses. See {Roseal}, {Rose}.]
1. Full of roses; rosy; as, roseate bowers.
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2. resembling a rose in color or fragrance; esp., tinged with
rose color; blooming; as, roseate beauty; her roseate
lips.
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{Roseate tern} (Zool.), an American and European tern
({Sterna Dougalli}) whose breast is roseate in the
breeding season.
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