ROSETTE

rosette

(noun) an ornament or pattern resembling a rose that is worn as a badge of office or as recognition of having won an honor

rosette

(noun) a cluster of leaves growing in crowded circles from a common center or crown (usually at or close to the ground)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

rosette (plural rosettes)

An imitation of a rose by means of ribbon or other material, used especially as an ornament or a badge.

(architecture) An ornament in the form of a rose or roundel, much used in decoration.

A red color.

A rose burner.

(botany) One or more whorls of leaves, clustered tightly at the base of a plant.

(botany) A plant growth form in which the plant grows outward in all directions for a short distance, producing a small round shape.

(zoology) Any structure having a flowerlike form; especially, the group of five broad ambulacra on the upper side of the spatangoid and clypeastroid sea urchins.

(zoology) A flowerlike color marking, as on the leopard.

A floral pattern in latte art.

(medicine) A clustered formation of tumor cells.

A thin, cookie-like, deep-fried Scandinavian pastry, made using an iron, which resembles a rose blossom.

A rose shape piped using frosting, most commonly buttercream.

A form of knot.

A disc formed by throwing water on molten metal.

Synonym: rondelle

(oceanography) A rosette sampler.

Synonyms

• (red color): roset

• (latte art): rosetta

Anagrams

• tetrose

Source: Wiktionary

Ro*sette, n. Etym: [F., dim. of rose a rose. Cf. Roset.]

1. An imitation of a rose by means of ribbon or other material, -- used as an ornament or a badge.

2. (Arch.)

Definition: An ornament in the form of a rose or roundel, -much used in decoration.

3. A red color. See Roset.

4. A rose burner. See under Rose.

5. (Zoöl.) (a) Any structure having a flowerlike form; especially, the group of five broad ambulacra on the upper side of the spatangoid and clypeastroid sea urchins. See Illust. of Spicule, and Sand dollar, under Sand. (b) A flowerlike color marking; as, the rosettes on the leopard.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition