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noun
1.
any arrangement, part, object, or formation more or less resembling a rose.
2.
a rose-shaped arrangement of ribbon or other material, used as an ornament or badge.
3.
Also, rosace. an architectural ornament resembling a rose or having a generally circular combination of parts.
4.
Botany. a circular cluster of leaves or other organs.
5.
a broad ornamental head for a screw or nail.
6.
Metallurgy.
a.
any of a number of disks of refined copper formed when cold water is thrown onto the molten metal.
b.
a rounded microconstituent of certain alloys.
7.
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.
8.
one of the compound spots on a leopard.
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Rosette
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| phylum of green, nonvascular, seedless plants comprised of true mosses, hornworts and liverworts |
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noun
a female given name.
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| —n | |
| 1. | 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 |
| 2. | another name for rose window |
| 3. | a rose-shaped patch of colour, such as one of the clusters of spots marking a leopard's fur |
| 4. | botany a circular cluster of leaves growing from the base of a stem |
| 5. | any of various plant diseases characterized by abnormal leaf growth |
| [C18: from Old French: a little | |
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Word Origin & History
rosette
"a rose-shaped ornament," especially a bunch or knot of ribbons worn as a decoration, 1790, from Fr. rosette, from O.Fr. rosette, dim. of rose "rose."
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