Definitions for: Rosette

[n] an ornament or pattern resembling a rose that is worn as a badge of office or as recognition of having won an honor
[n] circular window filled with tracery
[n] a cluster of leaves growing in crowded circles from a common center or crown (usually at or close to the ground)
[n] rhizoctinia disease of potatoes

Webster (1913) Definition: Ro*sette, n. [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.) 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. (Zo["o]l.)
(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.

Synonyms: little potato, rose window, russet scab, stem canker

See Also: adornment, foliage, leaf, leafage, rhizoctinia disease, window

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