rosaceous

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Some non-rosaceous trees and shrubs as hosts to nematode-borne viruses

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  1. adjective Of or belonging to the rose family.
  2. adjective Resembling the flower of a rose.

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  • Some non-rosaceous trees and shrubs as hosts to nematode-borne viruses —  xml's Blinklist.com
  • Fruit tree virus infections of ornamental rosaceous trees and shrubs —  xml's Blinklist.com
  • Selective breeding has led to the improvement of most rosaceous species during the last 6,000 years, scientists say, making today's varieties bigger and juicier than their wild cousins. —  TV 7&4 - Local News
  • La Pierina had already darted into the spacious porch whose lofty, vaulted ceiling was adorned with coffers displaying a rosaceous pattern. —  The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete Lourdes, Rome and Paris
  • Swietenia febrifuga, the Aeschynomene grandiflora, the Caesalpina bonducella; among caprifoliaceous plants, the Cornus florida and the Cuspa of Cumana; among rosaceous plants, the Cerasus virginiana and the Geum urbanum; among amentaceous plants, the willows, oaks, and birch-trees, of which the alcoholic tincture is used in Russia by the common people; the Populus tremuloides, etc.; among anonaceous plants, the Uvaria febrifuga, the fruit of which we saw administered with success in the Missions of Spanish Guiana; among simarubaceous plants, the Quassia amara, celebrated in the feverish plains of Surinam; among terebinthaceous plants, the Rhus glabrum; among euphorbiaceous plants, the Croton cascarilla; among composite plants, the Eupatorium perfoliatum, the febrifuge qualities of which are known to the savages of North America. —  Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1
 

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  1. From Latin rosāceus, made of roses, from rosa, rose.

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  1. from Latin rosaceus, made of roses, from rosa, a rose: see rose.
 

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/rəˈzeɪʃɪəs/
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