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roseate


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Roseate  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  roseate 
  adj  :  having  a  dusty  purplish  pink  color;  "the  roseate  glow  of 
  dawn"  [syn:  {rose},  {rosaceous}] 




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