rosaceous

ro·sa·ceous

adj \rō-ˈzā-shəs\

Definition of ROSACEOUS

: of or relating to roses or the rose family <a faint rosaceous aroma> <rosaceous genera>

Origin of ROSACEOUS

ultimately from Latin rosa

First Known Use: 1731

Other Seed Plant Terms

aubergine, box, bramble, briar, composite, perpetual, pulse, trefoil

Rhymes with ROSACEOUS

audacious, bodacious, capacious, cetaceous, crustaceous, curvaceous, drupaceous, edacious, fallacious, flirtatious, fugacious, hellacious, herbaceous, loquacious, mendacious, micaceous, pomaceous, predaceous, pugnacious, rapacious, sagacious, salacious, sebaceous, sequacious, setaceous, tenacious, testaceous, tufaceous, ungracious, veracious, vinaceous, voracious