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Noun: rose family
  1. A large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petalled flowers with numerous stamens
    "Apple trees belong to the rose family";
    - Rosaceae, family Rosaceae

Type of: rosid dicot family

Part of: order Rosales, Rosales

Encyclopedia: Rose family