[syn: rose window, rosette]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Rosette \Ro*sette\, n. [F., dim. of rose a rose. Cf. Roset.]
1. An imitation of a rose by means of ribbon or other
material, -- used as an ornament or a badge.
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2. (Arch.) An ornament in the form of a rose or roundel,
-much used in decoration.
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3. A red color. See Roset.
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4. A rose burner. See under Rose.
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5. (Zool.)
(a) Any structure having a flowerlike form; especially,
the group of five broad ambulacra on the upper side of
the spatangoid and clypeastroid sea urchins. See
Illust. of Spicule, and Sand dollar, under Sand.
(b) A flowerlike color marking; as, the rosettes on the
leopard.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
rosette
n 1: an ornament or pattern resembling a rose that is worn as a
badge of office or as recognition of having won an honor
2: rhizoctinia disease of potatoes [syn: little potato,
rosette, russet scab, stem canker]
3: a cluster of leaves growing in crowded circles from a common
center or crown (usually at or close to the ground)
4: circular window filled with tracery [syn: rose window,
rosette]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
24 Moby Thesaurus words for "rosette":
Danish pastry, French pastry, baklava, blintz, chocolate eclair,
cream puff, dowdy, eclair, pandowdy, pastry, pasty, patisserie,
patty, patty-shell, pie, puff, quiche, strudel, tart, timbale,
tipsy cake, trifle, turnover, vol-au-vent
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
Rosette
A concurrent object-oriented language from
MCC.
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