rosette

n.

1. An ornament or badge made of ribbon or silk that is pleated or gathered to resemble a rose and is used to decorate clothing or is worn in the buttonhole of civilian dress to indicate the possession of certain medals or honors.
2. A roselike marking or formation, such as one of the clusters of spots on a leopard's fur.
3. Architecture. A painted, carved, or sculptured ornament having a circular arrangement of parts radiating out from the center and suggesting the petals of a rose.
4. Botany. A circular cluster of leaves that radiate from a center at or close to the ground, as in the dandelion.
5. An ornamental circular band surrounding the central hole of an acoustic guitar.

[French, from Old French, diminutive of rose, rose. See rose¹.]

[roh-ZEHT] A small fried pastry made by dipping a rosette iron first into a thin, sweet batter, then into hot deep fat. When the mixture turns crisp and golden brown, the rosette is removed from the iron and drained on paper towels. While warm, these pastries are usually sprinkled with cinnamon-sugar. A nonsweetened batter may be used to make savory rosettes, which can be sprinkled with salt and served as an appetizer. A rosette iron has a long metal rod with a heatproof handle at one end and various decorative shapes (such as a butterfly, heart, star or flower) that can be attached to the other end.

1. A round pattern with a carved or painted conventionalized floral motif; a rosace.
2. A circular or oval decorative wood plaque used in joinery, such as one applied to a wall to receive the end of a stair rail.
3. An ornamental nailhead or screwhead.

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Any structure or formation resembling a rose, such as (1) the clusters of polymorphonuclear leukocytes around a globule of lipid nuclear material, as observed in the test for disseminated lupus erythematosus, or (2) a figure formed by the chromosomes in an early stage of mitosis.

• r. of Furstenberg — the white ridges of mucous membrane that radiate from the internal orifice of the teat of ruminants.
• r. inhibition test — used to detect the presence of ‘early pregnancy factor’ but has problems of application and limited usefulness.

A low flat cluster of leaves arranged like the petals of a rose. Many biennials, such as foxgloves and mullein, produce rosettes.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - roset, rosenvindue, rosensten

Nederlands (Dutch)
rozet

Français (French)
n. - cocarde, (Équit) flot, faveur, n¯ud, (Bot) rosette, (Archit) rosette, rosace

Deutsch (German)
n. - Rosette

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ροζέτα, (αρχιτ.) ρόδακας

Italiano (Italian)
rosetta

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pequena rosa (f)

Русский (Russian)
розетка

Español (Spanish)
n. - roseta

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - rosett

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
圆花窗, 玫瑰花形饰物, 圆花饰

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 圓花窗, 玫瑰花形飾物, 圓花飾

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 장미 매듭, 장미꽃 장식, 둥근 꽃

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - バラ花飾り, バラ結び, 花形飾り, 花紋板, 円花窓

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شيئ على شكل وردة, الورديه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮קישוט בצורת ורד עשוי בד"כ מסרט ונענד כתג של תומך או בתחרות בד"כ ע"י חיה שזכתה בפרס, תוברה - טבעת המחברת רצועות עור, רוזטה, צרור סרטים, תגליף ורד, חלון בצורת ורד, כותרת-עמוד בצורת פרח‬

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