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a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens

a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens

The rose plant family in the order Rosales and class Magnoliopsida. They are generally woody plants. Plants of a number of the species of the rose family contain cyanide compounds, for example, peach pits and bitter almonds.