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
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
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Cognates and derived terms
- nanorosette English
- pseudorosette English
- rosetted English
- rosettelike English
- rosetting English
- Rosette German
- rose French
- rosette French
- розетка Russian
- розетта Russian
- rosett Swedish
- rozeta Polish