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rosette /rō-zetˈ/ noun- A knot of radiating loops of ribbon or the like in concentric arrangement, esp worn as a badge showing affiliation, or awarded as a prize
- A close radiating group of leaves, usu pressed to the ground
- A rose-shaped ornament (architecture)
- Any structure, arrangement or figure of similar shape
- A curve whose polar equation is r=asinmθ
- A disc, esp of copper, formed by throwing water on molten metal
- Any of several diseases of plants (also rosette disease)
transitive verb To award a rosette to intransitive verb (medicine; of a cell or group of cells)To form into a rosette ORIGIN: Fr, dimin of rose rosettˈed adjective rosettˈing noun The development of abnormal leaves as a symptom of disease |