floret

American  

[flawr-it, flohr-] / ˈflɔr ɪt, ˈfloʊr- /

noun

1. a small flower.

2. Botany. one of the closely clustered small flowers that make up the flower head of a composite flower, as the daisy.

3. one of the tightly clustered divisions of a head of broccoli or cauliflower.

4. Also florette spun silk obtained from floss.

5. Printing. flower.

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floret British  

/ ˈflɔːrɪt /

noun

1. a small flower, esp one of many making up the head of a composite flower

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floret Scientific  

/ flôr′ĭt /

1. A small or reduced flower, especially one that is part of a larger inflorescence, such as those of the grasses and plants of the composite family.

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Etymology

Origin of floret

1350–1400; Middle English flouret < Old French florete, diminutive of flor flower; see -et

Example Sentences

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floret

Full of the emotion of the evening, she held it together in soft pastel knits and floret applique tops and dresses that epitomized femininity.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2024

Taste a leaf of baby kale, a purple carrot, a fresh broccoli floret — really taste it.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 29, 2022

The direct application of heat to the outside of each floret creates an actual chemical change, as the sugars and amino acids inside the vegetable rearrange themselves.

From New York Times ● May 4, 2022

The student, Trevon Grimes, had a temple-fade haircut so bushy on top that classmates compared his head to a broccoli floret.

From The New Yorker ● Jan. 1, 2017

Owing to their slight stickiness and the sharp processes over their entire surface, the pollen grains, which readily cling to the hairs of insects, are transported to the two-branched, hairy stigma of an older floret.

From Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors by Neltje Blanchan