family Rosaceae

Definitions of family Rosaceae
  1. noun
    a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens
    synonyms: Rosaceae, rose family
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    type of:
    rosid dicot family
    a family of dicotyledonous plants
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