different between floret vs vaginula

English

Etymology

From Old French florete, diminutive of flor (“flower”). Compare fleuret.

Noun

floret (plural florets)

1. A small flower, especially one of a cluster in a composite flower.

Translations

Anagrams

• Lefort, forlet, lofter, torfel

Catalan

Etymology

From Italian fioretto.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /flo???t/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /flu???t/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /flo??et/

Noun

floret m (plural florets)

1. (fencing) foil

Further reading

• “floret” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “floret” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “floret” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “floret” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

floret f (plural floretten, diminutive floretje n)

1. (fencing) foil

Latin

Verb

fl?ret

1. third-person singular present active indicative of fl?re?

Polish

Etymology

From German Florett, from French fleuret, from Italian fioretto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fl?.r?t/

Noun

floret m inan

1. (fencing) foil

Declension

Derived terms

• (nouns) florecista, florecistka
• (adjective) floretowy

Further reading

• floret in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• floret in Polish dictionaries at PWN

English

Etymology

From Latin [Term?], diminutive of vagina (“sheath”).

Noun

vaginula (plural vaginulas or vaginulae)

1. (botany) A little sheath, such as that about the base of the pedicel of most mosses.
2. (botany) One of the tubular florets in composite flowers.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Henslow to this entry?)