Search Result for "rosette":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (4)

1. an ornament or pattern resembling a rose that is worn as a badge of office or as recognition of having won an honor;

2. rhizoctinia disease of potatoes;
[syn: little potato, rosette, russet scab, stem canker]

3. a cluster of leaves growing in crowded circles from a common center or crown (usually at or close to the ground);

4. circular window filled with tracery;
[syn: rose window, rosette]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Rosette \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.
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   2. (Arch.) An ornament in the form of a rose or roundel,
      -much used in decoration.
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   3. A red color. See Roset.
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   4. A rose burner. See under Rose.
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   5. (Zool.)
      (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.
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Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

24 Moby Thesaurus words for "rosette":
   Danish pastry, French pastry, baklava, blintz, chocolate eclair,
   cream puff, dowdy, eclair, pandowdy, pastry, pasty, patisserie,
   patty, patty-shell, pie, puff, quiche, strudel, tart, timbale,
   tipsy cake, trifle, turnover, vol-au-vent