Rosaceae
/roʊˈzeɪsiːiː/noun
The botanical family of flowering plants that includes roses, apples, pears, cherries, strawberries, and many other economically important species.
Did you know?Rosaceae was formalized as a botanical family name in the eighteenth century, using the Latin name Rosa—the same root that helped create terms such as rhodium and rhododendron.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Greek
Greek
rhódon
“rose; rose-colored”
Classical Latin
Latin
rosa
“rose”
18th Century
Botanical Latin
Rosaceae
“the rose family, formed from Rosa with the taxonomic family suffix -aceae”
1789
Botanical Latin
Rosaceae
“A recognized plant family name associated with the classification system of Antoine Laurent de Jussieu”
19th Century–Modern English
English
Rosaceae
“The formal scientific name for the rose family”