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- proper noun A taxonomic
subfamily within thefamily Rosaceae — manyshrubs andperennial herbs .
Etymologies
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Rosa + -oideae
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Janet, that Napolitano of Washington serving as secretary of homeland security, would say we're dealing with the Rosa genus in the Rosoideae subfamily of the Rosaceae family, part of the Rosales order of the Magnoliopsida class of the Magnoliophyta division in the Plantae kingdom.
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