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Rosette
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. An imitation of a rose by means of ribbon or other material, -- used as an ornament or a badge.
2. 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. 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.
6. A flowerlike color marking; as, the rosettes on the leopard.