Rosette
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: /ɹəʊˈzɛt/
- US IPA: /ɹoʊˈzɛt/
- Rhymes: -ɛt
Origin
From French rosette.
Full definition of rosette
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.