rose family

rose family

n.

A large family of plants, the Rosaceae, characterized by often showy flowers with five separated petals and numerous stamens, including fruit plants such as the apple, cherry, peach, pear, plum, raspberry, and strawberry, and ornamentals such as roses and spireas.

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rose′ fam`ily

n.

a family, Rosaceae, of trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants having compound or simple leaves with stipules, flowers typically with five sepals and five petals, and often fleshy and edible fruit: includes the apple, rose, strawberry, and almond.

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rose family - a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens family Rosaceae, Rosaceae rosid dicot family - a family of dicotyledonous plants order Rosales, Rosales - in some classifications this category does not include Leguminosae genus Rosa, Rosa - large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses genus Agrimonia - genus of herbs found chiefly in north temperate regions having pinnate leaves and yellow flowers followed by bristly fruit Amelanchier, genus Amelanchier - North American deciduous trees or shrubs Chaenomeles, genus Chaenomeles - flowering quince Chrysobalanus, genus Chrysobalanus - coco plums genus Cotoneaster - genus of deciduous or evergreen Old World shrubs widely cultivated Crataegus, genus Crataegus - thorny shrubs and small trees: hawthorn; thorn; thorn apple Cydonia, genus Cydonia - quince Dryas, genus Dryas - mountain avens Eriobotrya, genus Eriobotrya - Asiatic evergreen fruit trees Fragaria, genus Fragaria - strawberries genus Geum, Geum - avens genus Heteromeles, Heteromeles - one species: toyon; in some classifications included in genus Photinia genus Malus, Malus - apple trees; found throughout temperate zones of the northern hemisphere genus Mespilus, Mespilus - medlars genus Photinia, Photinia - genus of deciduous and evergreen east Asian trees and shrubs widely cultivated as ornamentals for their white flowers and red fruits; in some classifications includes genus Heteromeles genus Potentilla, Potentilla - chiefly perennial northern hemisphere herbs and shrubs: cinquefoil genus Poterium, Poterium - a genus of thorny herbs or shrubs of the family Rosaceae genus Prunus, Prunus - a genus of shrubs and trees of the family Rosaceae that is widely distributed in temperate regions Amygdalaceae, family Amygdalaceae - used in former classifications for plum and peach and almond trees which are now usually classified as members of the genus Prunus genus Pyracantha - Eurasian evergreen thorny shrubs bearing red or orange-red berries genus Pyrus, Pyrus - fruit trees native to the Old World: pears genus Rubus, Rubus - large genus of brambles bearing berries genus Sorbus, Sorbus - a genus of shrubs or trees of the family Rosaceae having feathery leaves genus Spiraea, Spiraea - a dicotyledonous genus of the family Rosaceae

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