バラ科(か)

ばらか
noun
the rose family (Rosaceae)
1. the rose family; Rosaceae
A botanical family that includes roses and many familiar fruit-bearing plants such as apples, pears, cherries, strawberries, and plums. 科(か) is the suffix for a biological family.
リンゴはバラ科(か)の植物(しょくぶつ)だ。
The apple is a plant of the rose family.
イチゴやサクラもバラ科(か)に属(ぞく)している。
Strawberries and cherry trees also belong to the rose family.
バラ科(か)には果物(くだもの)として食(た)べられる植物(しょくぶつ)が多(おお)く含(ふく)まれている。
The rose family includes many plants that are eaten as fruit.

The biological family Rosaceae. The suffix 科(か) marks a taxonomic family; the family name precedes it, here written in katakana as バラ.

NOTABLE MEMBERS:

  • リンゴ: apple
  • サクラ: cherry (tree)
  • イチゴ: strawberry
  • 梅(うめ): plum/apricot

USAGE:

  • バラ科(か)の植物(しょくぶつ): a plant of the rose family
  • バラ科(か)に属(ぞく)する: to belong to the rose family
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