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 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.
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
1780–90; < French: little rose, Old French. See rose 1, -ette
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He too used computer software in predicting protein structures, designing the Rosette programme in the 1990s.
From BBC • Oct. 9, 2024
“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
Baby Rosette had stayed behind with her grandfather, who placed her in hiding with a family in Blaricum.
From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2022
As for me," cried Rosette, "I'm not so gullible as madame; I don't take any stock in your innocent, unfortunate, persecuted woman!
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