rosaceous

adjective

ro·sa·ceous rō-ˈzā-shəs

: of or relating to roses or the rose family

a faint rosaceous aroma

rosaceous genera

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Tony had a younger sister, Rosa, who was as rosaceous as all girls and women of that name deserve to be. —

Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2020

Word History

Etymology

in part borrowed from Latin rosāceus "of roses, made of roses" (from rosa rose entry 2 + -āceus -aceous), in part from New Latin Rosaceae, the rose family (from feminine plural of Latin rosāceus) + -ous

First Known Use

1701, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of rosaceous was in 1701

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