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ro⋅sette

  [roh-zet]
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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.
Origin:
1780–90; < F: little rose, OF. See rose 1 , -ette
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Ro⋅sette

  [roh-zet]
–noun
a female given name.
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ro·sette   (rō-zět')   
n.  

  1. An ornament or badge made of ribbon or silk that is pleated or gathered to resemble a rose and is used to decorate clothing or is worn in the buttonhole of civilian dress to indicate the possession of certain medals or honors.

  2. A roselike marking or formation, such as one of the clusters of spots on a leopard's fur.

  3. Architecture A painted, carved, or sculptured ornament having a circular arrangement of parts radiating out from the center and suggesting the petals of a rose.

  4. Botany A circular cluster of leaves that radiate from a center at or close to the ground, as in the dandelion.

  5. An ornamental circular band surrounding the central hole of an acoustic guitar.


[French, from Old French, diminutive of rose, rose; see rose1.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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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."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: ro·sette
Pronunciation: rO-'zet
Function: noun
: a rose-shaped cluster of cells
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

rosette ro·sette (rō-zět')
n.

  1. The segmented or mature phase of Plasmodium malariae.

  2. 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.

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Computing Dictionary

Rosette language
A concurrent object-oriented language from MCC.
[Details?]
(1997-11-26)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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