different between rosette vs whorls

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French rosette.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /????z?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?o??z?t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

rosette (plural rosettes)

1. An imitation of a rose by means of ribbon or other material, used especially as an ornament or a badge.
2. (architecture) An ornament in the form of a rose or roundel, much used in decoration.
3. A red color.
4. A rose burner.
5. (botany) One or more whorls of leaves, clustered tightly at the base of a plant.
6. (botany) A plant growth form in which the plant grows outward in all directions for a short distance, producing a small round shape.
7. (zoology) Any structure having a flowerlike form; especially, the group of five broad ambulacra on the upper side of the spatangoid and clypeastroid sea urchins.
8. (zoology) A flowerlike color marking, as on the leopard.
9. A floral pattern in latte art.
10. (medicine) A clustered formation of tumor cells.
11. A thin, cookie-like, deep-fried Scandinavian pastry, made using an iron, which resembles a rose blossom.
12. A rose shape piped using frosting, most commonly buttercream.
13. A form of knot.
14. A disc formed by throwing water on molten metal.

    Synonym: rondelle

15. (oceanography) A rosette sampler.

Synonyms

• (red color): roset
• (latte art): rosetta

Related terms

• rose

Translations

Anagrams

• tetrose

French

Etymology

From rose +? -ette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?o.z?t/

Noun

rosette f (plural rosettes)

1. rosette

Descendants

• ? Polish: rozeta

Further reading

• “rosette” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• tétrose

Italian

Noun

rosette f

1. plural of rosetta

Anagrams

• estorte, resetto, resettò, setterò, settore, testerò

English

Noun

whorls

1. plural of whorl