Rosette

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     2. (Arch.) An ornament in the form of a rose or roundel,


        -much used in decoration.
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     3. A red color. See {Roset}.
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     4. A rose burner. See under {Rose}.
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     5. (Zool.)
        (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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  24 Moby Thesaurus words for "rosette":
     Danish pastry, French pastry, baklava, blintz, chocolate eclair,
     cream puff, dowdy, eclair, pandowdy, pastry, pasty, patisserie,
     patty, patty-shell, pie, puff, quiche, strudel, tart, timbale,
     tipsy cake, trifle, turnover, vol-au-vent
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  Rosette
       
           A {concurrent} {object-oriented language} from
          {MCC}.
       
          [Details?]
       
          (1997-11-26)