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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. of something having a dusty purplish pink color;
- Example: "the roseate glow of dawn"
[syn: rose, roseate, rosaceous]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Roseate \Ro"se*ate\, a. [Cf. L. roseus, rosatus, prepared from roses. See Roseal, Rose.] 1. Full of roses; rosy; as, roseate bowers. [1913 Webster] 2. resembling a rose in color or fragrance; esp., tinged with rose color; blooming; as, roseate beauty; her roseate lips. [1913 Webster] Roseate tern (Zool.), an American and European tern (Sterna Dougalli) whose breast is roseate in the breeding season. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

roseate adj 1: of something having a dusty purplish pink color; "the roseate glow of dawn" [syn: rose, roseate, rosaceous]