First Known Use: 1731
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rosaceous
adjective ro·sa·ceous \rō-ˈzā-shəs\
Definition of ROSACEOUS
: of or relating to roses or the rose family <a faint rosaceous aroma> <rosaceous genera>
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Origin of ROSACEOUS
ultimately from Latin rosa
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
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