rosette

English

/ɹəʊˈzɛt/, /ɹoʊˈzɛt/

noun
Definitions
  • An imitation of a rose by means of ribbon or other material, used especially as an ornament or a badge.
  • (architecture) An ornament in the form of a rose or roundel, much used in decoration.
  • A red color.
  • A rose burner.
  • (botany) One or more whorls of leaves, clustered tightly at the base of a plant.
  • (botany) A plant growth form in which the plant grows outward in all directions for a short distance, producing a small round shape.
  • (zoology) Any structure having a flowerlike form; especially, the group of five broad ambulacra on the upper side of the spatangoid and clypeastroid sea sea urchins.
  • (zoology) A flowerlike color marking, as on the leopard.
  • A floral pattern in .
  • (medicine) A clustered formation of tumor cells.
  • A thin, cookie-like, deep-fried Scandinavian pastry, made using an iron, which resembles a rose blossom.
  • A rose shape piped using frosting, most commonly buttercream.
  • A form of knot.
  • A disc formed by throwing water on molten metal.
  • (oceanography) A rosette sampler.

Etymology

Borrowed from French rosette.

Origin

French

rosette

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