roseate

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
roseate
    adj 1: 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
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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