noun
a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens
• Syn: ↑family Rosaceae, ↑rose family
• Derivationally related forms: ↑rosaceous
• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Rosales, ↑order Rosales
• Member Meronyms:
↑Rosa, ↑genus Rosa, ↑genus Agrimonia, ↑Amelanchier, ↑genus Amelanchier, ↑Chaenomeles, ↑genus Chaenomeles, ↑Chrysobalanus, ↑genus Chrysobalanus, ↑genus Cotoneaster, ↑Crataegus, ↑genus Crataegus, ↑Cydonia, ↑genus Cydonia, ↑Dryas, ↑genus Dryas, ↑Eriobotrya, ↑genus Eriobotrya, ↑Fragaria, ↑genus Fragaria, ↑Geum, ↑genus Geum, ↑Heteromeles, ↑genus Heteromeles, ↑Malus, ↑genus Malus, ↑Mespilus, ↑genus Mespilus, ↑Photinia, ↑genus Photinia, ↑Potentilla, ↑genus Potentilla, ↑Poterium, ↑genus Poterium, ↑Prunus, ↑genus Prunus, ↑Amygdalaceae, ↑family Amygdalaceae, ↑genus Pyracantha, ↑Pyrus, ↑genus Pyrus, ↑Rubus, ↑genus Rubus, ↑Sorbus, ↑genus Sorbus, ↑Spiraea, ↑genus Spiraea
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\\-āsēˌē\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
: a large family of nearly cosmopolitan trees, shrubs, and herbs (order Rosales) having alternate usually stipulate leaves, 5-petaled regular flowers with numerous stamens, and dry fruits sometimes on pulpy receptacles — see amygdalaceae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.