rosette

Meanings

1. An element or ornament resembling a rose, especially on a wall or other surface, mostly for decorative purposes.
2. A rose window.
3. An imitation of a rose made of ribbon or other material, worn as an ornament or symbol, especially:
4. A rose-shaped arrangement awarded as a prize won in a competition (e.g., a horse show).
5. A rose-shaped badge of support or membership (e.g., of a political party).
6. A small rose-shaped ornament worn as a symbol of an honorific order or military decoration, typically presented with a medal or in place of a medal (e.g., as a lapel button).
7. A decorative inlay surrounding the sound hole of a guitar.
8. A red color.
9. A rose burner.
10. One or more whorls of leaves, clustered tightly at the base of a plant.
11. A plant growth form in which the plant grows outward in all directions for a short distance, producing a small round shape.
12. Any structure having a flowerlike form; especially, the group of five broad ambulacra on the upper side of the spatangoid and clypeastroid sea urchins.

1. A female given name from French.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Iranian *wardahder.? Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon)bor.? Latin rosalbor. Old French rose Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Latin -ittus Old French -ete Old French rosete Middle French rosettebor. ▲ French rosetteinflu. English rosette Borrowed from Middle French rosette (in sense 15) and (modern) French rosette. By surface analysis, rose + -ette.

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