Hypertext Webster Gateway: "rosette"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rosette \Ro*sette\, n. [F., dim. of rose a rose. Cf. {Roset}.]
1. An imitation of a rose by means of ribbon or other
material, -- used as an ornament or a badge.
2. (Arch.) An ornament in the form of a rose or roundel,
-much used in decoration.
3. A red color. See {Roset}.
4. A rose burner. See under {Rose}.
5. (Zo["o]l.)
(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. See
Illust. of {Spicule}, and {Sand dollar}, under {Sand}.
(b) A flowerlike color marking; as, the rosettes on the
leopard.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
rosette
n 1: an ornament or pattern resembling a rose that is worn as a
badge of office or as recognition of having won an honor
2: rhizoctinia disease of potatoes [syn: {little potato}, {russet
scab}, {stem canker}]
3: a cluster of leaves growing in crowded circles from a common
center or crown (usually at or close to the ground)
4: circular window filled with tracery [syn: {rose window}]
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