Found 2 items, similar to rosette.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: rosette rosette n 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, 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]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Rosette 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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Arch.) An ornament in the form of a rose or roundel, -much used in decoration. [1913 Webster] 3. A red color. See Roset. [1913 Webster] 4. A rose burner. See under Rose. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]