rosaceous

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

rosaceous
    adj 1: of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the
           family Rosaceae
    2: of something having a dusty purplish pink color; "the roseate
       glow of dawn" [syn: {rose}, {roseate}, {rosaceous}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Rosaceous \Ro*sa"ceous\, a. [L. rosaceus, fr. rosa rose.]
   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.
          [1913 Webster]

   2. Of a pure purpish pink color.
      [1913 Webster]