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noun

Rosette n.

An imitation of a rose by means of ribbon or other material, used as an ornament or a badge.

(Arch.) An ornament in the form of a rose or roundel, -much used in decoration.

A red color. See Roset.

A rose burner. See under Rose.

(Zool.)

(a)

Any structure having a flowerlike form; especially, the group of five broad ambulacra on the upper side of the spatangoid and clypeastroid sea urchins.

(b)

A flowerlike color marking; as, the rosettes on the leopard.

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Etymology of 'Rosette'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... whole, however, Mr. Toynbee's work is good; Les Champs, for example, is very well translated, and so are the two delightful poems Rosette and Ma Republique; and there is a good deal of spirit in Le ...

— Reviews • Oscar Wilde

... by the brave chief of division Perree, had just arrived from Rosette. Perree was on board the ...

— The Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte • Bourrienne, Constant, and Stewarton

... gave me a small rosette of red, white, and blue ribbon, with three little streamers hanging down. This was the recruiting insignia and was to be worn on the ...

— Over The Top • Arthur Guy Empey

... apartment everything was scrupulously neat and clean. Petite maman was such an excellent manager, and Rosette was busy all the day tidying and cleaning the poor little home, which Pere Lenegre contrived to keep up for wife and daughter by working fourteen hours a day in the ...

— The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel • Baroness Orczy

... matching cupboards cover one entire wall, the chimney end of the room. The mantel is flanked by two fluted pilasters, reaching from floor to denticulated cornice. Above the shelf is a rectangular dog-eared panel, in each of the four ears of which is a rosette. Under the shelf, oblong panels carry out the same design, divided by a carved half urn. The shelf is supported by consoles and decorated by a fret that returns around the urn. The cupboards on each ...

— Seaport in Virginia - George Washington's Alexandria • Gay Montague Moore

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