floret

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a diminutive flower (especially one that is part of a composite flower)

   Each floret in the cluster opened at a different time.

2. 2
   noun

   A small flower, especially one of a cluster in a composite flower.

   Each floret in the cluster opened at a different time.

From Old French florete, diminutive of flor (“flower”). Doublet of fleuret and floweret.

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