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Recent Examples of floret
The whole plant—leaves, florets, and stems—is edible.
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Isabel Vasquez Rd Ldn, Health, 30 Oct. 2025
So yes, that means each floret can produce as many as three grains, not just one.
—New Atlas, 19 Oct. 2025
Pollen is abundant, Cho adds—a single floret of the common sunflower, for instance, produces 25,000 to 67,000 grains every summer.
—Sandy Ong, JSTOR Daily, 11 Sep. 2025
Using the bottom of a glass, smash each broccoli floret until flattened.
—Erin Hooker, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Apr. 2025
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Isabel Vasquez Rd Ldn, Health, 30 Oct. 2025
So yes, that means each floret can produce as many as three grains, not just one.
—New Atlas, 19 Oct. 2025
Pollen is abundant, Cho adds—a single floret of the common sunflower, for instance, produces 25,000 to 67,000 grains every summer.
—Sandy Ong, JSTOR Daily, 11 Sep. 2025
Using the bottom of a glass, smash each broccoli floret until flattened.
—Erin Hooker, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for floret
Noun
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The harvesters may spend weeks sleeping in makeshift tents near the mopa-mopa shrubs before returning to civilization to sell the buds to master varnishers.—
Kristin Houser,
Big Think,
29 Jan. 2026
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Artificial stems with flowering buds or leaves are a chic choice, too.—
Hallie Milstein,
Southern Living,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Broccoli Salad ▪ 3 stalks of brocoli (separated into flowerets) ▪ 1/2 c. chopped green onions ▪ 1 c. raisins ▪ 1 c. peanuts (salted) Mix together: ▪ 1 c. mayonnaise ▪ 2 T. sugar ▪ 2 T. vinegar 1.—
Rebecca Hancock,
star-telegram.com,
13 June 2017
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Broccoli Salad ▪ 3 stalks of brocoli (separated into flowerets) ▪ 1/2 c. chopped green onions ▪ 1 c. raisins ▪ 1 c. peanuts (salted) Mix together: ▪ 1 c. mayonnaise ▪ 2 T. sugar ▪ 2 T. vinegar 1.—
Rebecca Hancock,
star-telegram,
13 June 2017
Noun
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Her shining brown curls are carefully arranged each morning, tied up with pink ribbon, festooned with flowers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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The site where Pretti was killed, on Nicollet Avenue near 26th Street, was decorated with hundreds of pillar and votive candles and dozens of flower bouquets and signs left by neighbors and mourners by midday Monday.—
Jared Kaufman,
Twin Cities,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Harvest when apples twist off easily, prune during winter dormancy, and hand-pollinate blossoms indoors to ensure fruiting.—
SJ McShane,
Martha Stewart,
10 Jan. 2026
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Creativity blossoms as the sparkling Sun opposes Jupiter, lining up your friendship zone and your creativity quadrant.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
10 Jan. 2026
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“Floret.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/floret. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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