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floret

[ flawr-it, flohr- ]

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noun

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 [] spun silk obtained from floss.
Printing. flower ( def 6 ).

floret

/ ˈflɔːrɪt /

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.

Origin of floret¹

1350–1400; Middle English flouret < Old French florete, diminutive of flor flower; -et

Origin of floret¹

C17: from Old French florete a little flower, from flor flower

If well rubbed after threshing, the floret is nearly smooth, otherwise it contains on the lower half numerous webby hairs.

Every blade of grass, each leaf, each separate floret and petal, is an inscription speaking of hope.

It is a tubular floret, split down on one side, with the united petals forming a straplike projection.

As late as Cotgrave we find floret, "a foile; a sword with the edge rebated."

The relative positions of the parts of the floret are shown in the floral diagrams.

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