Associations to the word «Rosaceae»

Wiktionary

ROSACEAE, proper noun. A taxonomic family within the order Rosales   — the roses and very many related plants.

Dictionary definition

ROSACEAE, noun. A large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope