rosette

noun ro·sette \ rō-ˈzet \

Definition of rosette

1 :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

2 :a disk of foliage or a floral design usually in relief used as a decorative motif

3 :a structure or color marking on an animal suggestive of a rosette; especially :one of the groups of spots on a leopard

4 :a cluster of leaves in crowded circles or spirals arising basally from a crown (as in the dandelion) or apically from an axis with greatly shortened internodes (as in many tropical palms)

5 :a food decoration or garnish in the shape of a rose

icing rosettes

carrot rosettes

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Examples of rosette in a Sentence

a rosette of chocolate frosting
Rosettes are carved in the base of the statue.

Recent Examples of rosette from the Web

The blanket gowns are available in toddler, children, and adult sizes in three different patterns: a yellow off-the-shoulder dress with rosettes...

— brooke shunatona, Cosmopolitan, "These Princess Dress Blankets Will Make You Feel Like Royalty While Lying on Your Couch," 1 Aug. 2017
Inside the library's central hall, Richardson showed that 84 years of settlement, and the occasional water leak, caused some of the plaster rosettes in this grand architectural composition to shatter.

— jacques kelly, baltimoresun.com, "Touring the renovation work at the central Pratt Library," 8 July 2017
Even the rosettes of flowers made from multicolored feathers on necklines and pockets and party dresses in glinting steel or full-skirted satin, layered like doublets, didn’t make an indelible impression.

— vanessa friedman, New York Times, "At Couture Fashion Week, An Antidote to the Instagram Age," 8 July 2017
While decked out with bows and rosettes, the cozy blankets look way more comfortable than the ballgowns Cinderella, Belle and Rapunzel would wear.

— caroline picard, Good Housekeeping, "Every Hardcore Disney Fan Needs a Crochet Princess Dress Blanket," 6 July 2017
Western bittercress (Cardamine oligosperma) is a tiny weed that forms a rosette.

— kym pokorny, OregonLive.com, "Know your weeds or risk hurting your garden," 1 July 2017
Snap is the newest contender for the third-place rosette.

— lara o’reilly, WSJ, "The Race Is On to Challenge Google-Facebook ‘Duopoly’ in Digital Advertising," 19 June 2017
Pipe rosettes of frosting all over the top and around the sides of the cake.

— jill o'connor, sandiegouniontribune.com, "A cookbook for the love of cake," 19 June 2017
Compared to its relatives, A. xylonacantha has fewer leaves in a rosette, varying in color from green to yellow-green to pale bluish-green, sometimes with a paler stripe down the middle of the leaf.

— brian kemble, The Mercury News, "Agave’s ferocious teeth don’t scare off gardeners," 8 June 2017

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