| 单词 | rosette |
| 释义 | rosette /roh zet"/, n. 1. any arrangement, part, object, or formation more or less resembling a rose. 2. a rose-shaped arrangement of ribbon or other material, used as an ornament or badge. 3. Also, rosace. an architectural ornament resembling a rose or having a generally circular combination of parts. 4. Bot. a circular cluster of leaves or other organs. 5. a broad ornamental head for a screw or nail. 6. Metall. a. any of a number of disks of refined copper formed when cold water is thrown onto the molten metal. b. a rounded microconstituent of certain alloys. 7. Plant Pathol. any of several diseases of plants, characterized by the crowding of the foliage into circular clusters owing to a shortening of the internodes of stems or branches, caused by fungi, viruses, or nutritional deficiencies. 8. one of the compound spots on a leopard. [1780-90; < F: little rose, OF. See ROSE1, -ETTE] |
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