rosette

[roh-zet]

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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.

Origin of rosette

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

Rosette

[roh-zet]

noun

a female given name.

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Related Words for rosette

screw, tangle, red, nexus, contortion, twist, whorl, perplexity, braid, bunch, whirl, ligature, spiral, snag, tie, warp, joint, snarl, yoke, splice

Examples from the Web for rosette

Historical Examples of rosette

Mary-'Gusta was not playing with Rose and Rosette at the present time.
Mary-'Gusta
Joseph C. Lincoln
She was down again shortly, the two favorites, Rose and Rosette, in her arms.
Mary-'Gusta
Joseph C. Lincoln
Sew a pompon or a rosette of yarn over the top of the sewing stitch.
Spool Knitting
Mary A. McCormack
The ends of the match were crossed into a sort of rosette at the head of the fuze.
Artillery Through the Ages
Albert Manucy
Do wear it, Miss Arbuckle, with a rosette, to indicate your superior rank.
Down the Rhine
Oliver Optic

British Dictionary definitions for rosette

rosette

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

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Word Origin and History for rosette

"a rose-shaped ornament," especially a bunch or knot of ribbons worn as a decoration, 1790, from French rosette, diminutive of rose "rose" (see rose (n.1)).

rosette in Medicine

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.