rosette

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a circular ornament, mark, or arrangement resembling a rose

   Freezing water etched delicate rosettes across the surface of the ice.

2. 2
   noun

   a ribbon badge folded or gathered into the shape of a rose, often awarded as a prize

   The winning horse wore a blue rosette on its bridle.

3. 3
   noun

   botany: a circular cluster of leaves growing from a common center, usually close to the ground

   The plant formed a compact rosette of thick leaves at soil level.

Borrowed from French rosette, 'little rose,' the diminutive of rose. English applied it to rose-shaped ornaments and ribbon badges, then to many radial forms in architecture, botany, zoology, and natural patterns such as ice crystals.

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