rosette
An element or ornament resembling a rose, especially on a wall or other surface, mostly for decorative purposes.
Noun
- An element or ornament resembling a rose, especially on a wall or other surface, mostly for decorative purposes.
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(architecture, now uncommon) A rose window.
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- An imitation of a rose made of ribbon or other material, worn as an ornament or symbol, especially:
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A rose-shaped arrangement awarded as a prize won in a competition (e.g., a horse show).
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A rose-shaped badge of support or membership (e.g., of a political party).
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A small rose-shaped ornament worn as a symbol of an honorific order or military decoration, typically presented with a medal or in place of a medal (e.g., as a lapel button).
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- A decorative inlay surrounding the sound hole of a guitar.
- A red color.
Synonyms: roset
- A rose burner.
- One or more whorls of leaves, clustered tightly at the base of a plant.
- A plant growth form in which the plant grows outward in all directions for a short distance, producing a small round shape.
- Any structure having a flowerlike form; especially, the group of five broad ambulacra on the upper side of the spatangoid and clypeastroid sea urchins.
- A flowerlike color marking, as on the leopard.
- A floral pattern in latte art.
Synonyms: rosetta
- A clustered formation of tumor cells.
- A thin, cookie-like, deep-fried Scandinavian pastry, made using an iron, which resembles a rose blossom.
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Iranian *wardahder.? Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon)bor.? Latin rosalbor. Old French rose Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Latin -ittus Old French -ete Old French rosete Middle French rosettebor. ▲ French rosetteinflu. English rosette Borrowed from Middle French rosette (in sense 15) and (modern) French rosette. By surface analysis, rose + -ette.
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Homer-Wright rosette nanorosette pseudorosette rosette bok choy rosette burner rosetted rosettelike rosette sampler rosette scan rosette seeker rosetting