The rosette derives from the natural shape of the botanical rosette, formed by leaves radiating out from the stem of a plant and visible even after the flowers have withered. The meaning of rosette is an ornament usually made of material gathered or pleated so as to resemble a rose and worn as a badge of office, as evidence of having won a decoration (such as the medal of honor), or as trimming. Any arrangement, part, object, or formation more or less resembling a rose. See examples of rosette used in a sentence. Definition of rosette noun in oxford advanced learner's dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Copper] has passed the fire several times, and the grossest parts are separated from it, it is called rosette [fr On l'appelle rosette], or the purest and finest copper. A circular arrangement of leaves or other organs although a rosette conjures up the petals of a rose, leaves clustered tightly in a circular or spiral arrangement come in many shapes and sizes. Rosette is the french diminutive of rose Klemperer rosette, a term used in interstellar cosmology and science fiction to indicate a group of cosmic bodies in a gravitational relationship Rosette (music), soundhole decoration on musical instruments.
(architecture, now uncommon) a rose window
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