Rosaceous

'Grass-rose,' or put it out of court for having no petals; but it certainly shall not be called rosaceous; and my first point will be to make sure of my pupils having a clear idea of the central and unquestionable forms of thistle, grass, or rose, and assigning to them pure Latin, and pretty ❋ John Ruskin (1859)

Flanking and behind us marched the giant batrachians, fivescore of them at least, black scale and crimson scale lustrous and gleaming in the rosaceous radiance; saucer eyes shining circles of phosphorescence green, purple, red; spurs clicking as they crouched along with a gait at once grotesque and formidable. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Special plant communities include rosaceous chaparral and oak-juniper woodlands. ❋ Clinton, Bill, 1946- (2000)

It produces its flowers in early summer, and when a good-sized bush, well covered with clusters of white blossoms resembling those of some species of Cratægus, it has a handsome appearance, and, like most other rosaceous shrubs, powerfully fragrant. ❋ Various (N/A)

Flanking and behind us marched the giant batrachians, fivescore of them at least, black scale and crimson scale lus-trous and gleaming in the rosaceous radiance; saucer eyes shining circles of phosphorescence green, purple, red; spurs clicking as they crouched along with a gait at once gro-tesque and formidable. ❋ Unknown (1919)

Whatever they lost in the cessation of uncomfortable communion at the eyrie, or lair, of the Dragon was more than made up for by the sub-rosaceous, or semi-clandestine, character of the intercourse that was left. ❋ William Frend De Morgan (1878)

La Pierina had already darted into the spacious porch whose lofty, vaulted ceiling was adorned with coffers displaying a rosaceous pattern. ❋ ��mile Zola (1871)

He was gladdened and rejoiced in the good news and when the months of gestation were completed the labour-pains set in and she was delivered of a girl-child (praise be to Him who had created and had perfected what He had produced in this creation!), which was winsome of face and lovesome of form and fair fashioned of limbs, with cheeks rosaceous and eyne gracious and eyebrows continuous and perfect in symmetrical proportion. ❋ Anonymous (1855)

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. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Some non-rosaceous trees and shrubs as hosts to nematode-borne viruses ❋ Unknown (2008)

Fruit tree virus infections of ornamental rosaceous trees and shrubs ❋ Unknown (2008)