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