Definition of picotee
:a flower (such as some carnations or tulips) having one basic color with a margin of another color
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Bloom season: Large showy white flowers with dark pink picotee edging in spring and summer.
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Origin and Etymology of picotee
French picoté pointed, from picoter to mark with points, from picot
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