Meaning of ROSEATE
| Pronunciation: | | 'rowzeeit
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [adj] having a dusty purplish pink color; "the roseate glow of dawn" |
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| | Synonyms: | | chromatic, rosaceous, rose |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ro"se*ate\, a. [Cf. L. roseus, rosatus, prepared from
roses. See {Roseal}, {Rose}.]
1. Full of roses; rosy; as, roseate bowers.
2. resembling a rose in color or fragrance; esp., tinged with
rose color; blooming; as, roseate beauty; her roseate
lips.
{Roseate tern} (Zo["o]l.), an American and European tern
({Sterna Dougalli}) whose breast is roseate in the
breeding season.
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Rose-colored or rose-shaped. |
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