floret

[ flawr-it, flohr- ]

/ ˈflɔr ɪt, ˈfloʊr- /

noun

a small flower.

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

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

Also flo·rette

[flaw-ret, floh-] /flɔˈrɛt, floʊ-/. spun silk obtained from floss.

Printing. flower(def 6).

Nearby words

florentine stitch, flores, flores sea, flores, juan josé, florescence, floret, florette, florey, florey, howard walter, flori-, florianópolis

Origin of floret

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

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Examples from the Web for florette

He handed Florette a little iron button, which she took with a trembling hand, watching him as he clutched the arbor post.
Tom Slade with the Boys Over There|Percy K. Fitzhugh
By degrees Florette learned to meet his discontent with a shrug of her shoulders, and to arrange her life in her own way.
A Word Only A Word, Complete|Georg Ebers
But how could we hear from him now, Florette, any better than before?
Tom Slade with the Boys Over There|Percy K. Fitzhugh
My dear Florette, I hope you will yet again dance with your village girls beneath the bower of vines you seem to see.
Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 5 November 1848|Various

Florette, smiling and crying all at once, still sat looking wonderingly from one to the other of this adventurous, ragged pair.
Tom Slade with the Boys Over There|Percy K. Fitzhugh

British Dictionary definitions for florette

floret

/ (ˈflɔːrɪt) /

noun

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

Word Origin for floret

C17: from Old French florete a little flower, from flor flower

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Science definitions for florette

floret

[ flôr′ĭt ]

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.