rosette
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (4)
- an ornament or pattern resembling a rose that is worn as a badge of office or as recognition of having won an honorType of adornment
- rhizoctinia disease of potatoesSynonyms: little potatorusset scabstem cankerType of rhizoctinia disease
- a cluster of leaves growing in crowded circles from a common center or crown (usually at or close to the ground)Type of leaf, leafage
- circular window filled with tracerySynonyms: rose windowType of window
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: 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.
2. Architecture An ornament in the form of a rose or roundel, -much used in decoration.
3. A red color. See Roset.
4. A rose burner. See under Rose.
5. Zoology (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.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54
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