Rosette Definition

rō-zĕt
rosettes
noun
rosettes
An ornament made of ribbons, threads, etc. gathered or tufted in the shape of a rose.
Webster's New World
Any formation, arrangement, etc. resembling or suggesting a rose.
Webster's New World
A roselike marking or formation, such as one of the clusters of spots on a leopard's fur.
American Heritage Medicine
A painted or sculptured ornament, usually circular, having petals and leaves radiating symmetrically from the center.
Webster's New World
A circular cluster of leaves, petals, or other organs, esp. such a cluster produced at the base of a plant as a means of overwintering.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • stem canker
  • russet scab
  • little potato
  • rose-window

Other Word Forms of Rosette

Noun

Singular:
rosette
Plural:
rosettes

Origin of Rosette

  • French from Old French diminutive of rose rose rose1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French rosette.

    From Wiktionary

Rosette Sentence Examples

  • The plants are apparently stemless, bearing a rosette of large, thick, fleshy leaves, or have a shorter or longer (sometimes branched) stem, along which, or towards the end of which and its branches, the generally fleshy leaves are borne.

  • It is a herb with a rosette of fleshy, oblong leaves, i to 3 in.

  • As the leaves unfold from the centre of the rosette the impression of the marginal spines is very conspicuous on the still erect younger leaves.

  • This point is very near the present mosque of Nebi Daniel; and the line of the great east-west "Canopic" street only slightly diverged from that of the modern Boulevard de Rosette.

  • The ground colour of the jaguar varies greatly, ranging from white to black, the rosette markings in the extremes being but faintly visible.

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Words Starting With

RROROS

Words Ending With

ETETTE

Unscrambles

rosette

Words Starting With R and Ending With E

Starts With R & Ends With EStarts With RO & Ends With EStarts With R & Ends With TE

Word Length

7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With R7 Letter Words Ending With E