rosette

[ roh-zet ]

/ roʊˈzɛt /

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noun

any arrangement, part, object, or formation more or less resembling a rose.

a rose-shaped arrangement of ribbon or other material, used as an ornament or badge.

Also rosace. an architectural ornament resembling a rose or having a generally circular combination of parts.

Botany. a circular cluster of leaves or other organs.

a broad ornamental head for a screw or nail.

Metallurgy.

any of a number of disks of refined copper formed when cold water is thrown onto the molten metal.
a rounded microconstituent of certain alloys.

Plant Pathology. any of several diseases of plants, characterized by the crowding of the foliage into circular clusters owing to a shortening of the internodes of stems or branches, caused by fungi, viruses, or nutritional deficiencies.

one of the compound spots on a leopard.

Words nearby rosette

rosery, roses, wars of the, roset, rosetta, rosetta stone, rosette, roseville, rosewall, rosewood, rosewood oil, rosh chodesh

Origin of rosette

1780–90; < French: little rose, Old French. See rose¹, -ette

Definition for rosette (2 of 2)

Rosette

[ roh-zet ]

/ roʊˈzɛt /

noun

a female given name.

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Examples from the Web for rosette

The rosette is affixed with a brass bolt, also for attachment, which must have extended through the front of the cap.
American Military Insignia 1800-1851|J. Duncan Campbell and Edgar M. Howell.
"It will be a great pleasure to me," replied Rosette, who did not know how to dissimulate.
Old French Fairy Tales|Comtesse de Sgur
He had only an old blue coat, and he never went out without fastening to it his rosette as an officer of the Legion of Honor.
Les Misrables|Victor Hugo
Rosette was so superior in dancing to Orangine and Roussette, that they could scarcely suppress their rage.
Old French Fairy Tales|Comtesse de Sgur

He wore, not without pride, the rosette of an officer of the Department of Education.
Atlantida|Pierre Benoit

British Dictionary definitions for rosette

rosette

/ (rəʊˈzɛt) /

noun

a decoration or pattern resembling a rose, esp an arrangement of ribbons or strips formed into a rose-shaped design and worn as a badge or presented as a prize

another name for rose window

a rose-shaped patch of colour, such as one of the clusters of spots marking a leopard's fur

botany a circular cluster of leaves growing from the base of a stem

any of various plant diseases characterized by abnormal leaf growth

Word Origin for rosette

C18: from Old French: a little rose 1

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medicine definitions for rosette

rosette

[ rō-zĕt′ ]

n.

The segmented or mature phase of Plasmodium malariae.

A grouping of cells characteristic of neoplasms of neuroblastic or neuroectodermal origin, in which a number of nuclei form a ring from which neurofibrils extend to interlace in the center.

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