rosette

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun an ornament or pattern resembling a rose that is worn as a badge of office or as recognition of having won an honor
noun rhizoctinia disease of potatoes
noun a cluster of leaves growing in crowded circles from a common center or crown (usually at or close to the ground)

Borrowed from Middle French rosette (in sense 15) and (modern) French rosette. By surface analysis, rose + -ette.

=florón=, m., ornament resembling a large flower, rosette. — The Spanish American Reader, Ernesto Nelson
Rosette thought she had never seen anything so pretty. — The Red Fairy Book, Unknown
There were large green rosettes upon her little pointed shoes. — The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde

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