roseo-

combining form

—specifically in names of rose-red coordination complexes (as of cobalt or chromium) containing five molecules of ammonia and one of water and also of analogous usually yellow complexes of chromium

roseocobaltic chloride [Co(H₂O)(NH₃)₅]Cl₃

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary, from Latin roseus rosy

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