floret
[flawr-it, flohr-]
- 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).
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When he returned, Florette had vanished; "run after the ensign," people said, and they were right.
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Have I not, although desperately in love with Florette, respected the girl?
The Iron PincersEugne Sue
I shall run for Florette to the house of the worthy woman where I have concealed her.
The Iron PincersEugne Sue
(To Florette) Your excellent judgment has served you well, dear girl.
The Iron PincersEugne Sue
Happy as Florette was with her child, she did not long survive.
The Iron PincersEugne Sue
floret
- a small flower, esp one of many making up the head of a composite flower
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Word Origin
C17: from Old French florete a little flower, from flor flower
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Word Origin and History for florette
floret
n.
c.1400, flourette, from Old French florete "little flower; cheap silk material," diminutive of flor "flower," from Latin flora (see flora). Botany sense is from 1670s.
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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.
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