rosette
noun
any arrangement, part, object, or formation more or less resembling a rose.
rosette
1 American
[roh-zet]
/ roʊˈzɛt /
noun
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rosettes
plural
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any arrangement, part, object, or formation more or less resembling a rose.
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a rose-shaped arrangement of ribbon or other material, used as an ornament or badge.
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Also an architectural ornament resembling a rose or having a generally circular combination of parts.
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Botany. a circular cluster of leaves or other organs.
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a broad ornamental head for a screw or nail.
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Metallurgy.
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any of a number of disks of refined copper formed when cold water is thrown onto the molten metal.
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a rounded microconstituent of certain alloys.
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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.
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one of the compound spots on a leopard.
Rosette
2
American
[roh-zet]
/ roʊˈzɛt /
noun
rosette
British
/ rəʊˈzɛt /
noun
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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
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another name for rose window
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a rose-shaped patch of colour, such as one of the clusters of spots marking a leopard's fur
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botany a circular cluster of leaves growing from the base of a stem
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any of various plant diseases characterized by abnormal leaf growth
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of rosette
1780–90; < French: little rose, Old French. See rose 1, -ette
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More adventurous eaters will zone in on the abalone served with a squash rosette or the guinea hen with potato millefeuille.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2025
In the cattle hall at the Royal Bath and West Showground, Sophie Phillips shows off her new rosette.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2024
In the video clip, Alexander is seen performing the song on a rooftop at night-time wearing a pinstripe jacket with the sleeves cut off, a matching skort and a home-made rosette badge.
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2024
These findings indicate that the rosette pattern typically seen in somites is not necessarily the essential or most basic feature that defines the process of bodily segmentation.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 10, 2024
A matching blue headpiece rested in Sasha’s hair, a silk rosette over each ear.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
They also give researchers a new way to examine well-known objects such as the Rosette and Orion nebulae using detailed spectroscopic information spread across large areas of the sky.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
“Every year there was a different goddess, and one year I was the goddess,” Rosette said.
From Seattle Times ● May 31, 2024
Jackson is “redefining the standards of professionalism,” says Ashleigh Shelby Rosette, a professor at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business who studies the effects of hair discrimination on Black women.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2022
"Achieving such heights requires huge amounts of energy and effort and in fact it puts them at greater risk of being struck down in a storm, but the benefits outweigh the risk," said Dr Rosette.
From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2022
"Yes, madame," said Rosette; "that smell has been here ever since monsieur le docteur came in.—Do you bathe in essence of rose, monsieur?"
From Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 by Charles Paul de Kock
Marks & Spencer noted strong sales of its tinsel rosettes and tinsel tree skirts this year, while John Lewis said sales of "retro-nostalgic decor" had soared 180% in 2025.
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2025
Think animal jewelry — bridles, straps and other harness parts adorned with eagle heads, rosettes, griffins, busts of Herakles, serpents and lions, often shaped from gold.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2025
This particular cat was differentiated from others through its unique pattern of rosettes, the spots found on jaguars, leopards and other wild feline species.
From Salon ● Jan. 11, 2024
This examination of the cellular morphology and gene expression revealed that the cell clusters were clearly distinct from rosettes.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 10, 2024
The ribbon under his chin was blue on one side and white on the other, and over each ear there were big rosettes.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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