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1
: an ornament usually made of material gathered or pleated so as to resemble a rose and worn as a badge of office, as evidence of having won a decoration (such as the Medal of Honor), or as trimming
2
: a disk of foliage or a floral design usually in relief used as a decorative motif
3
: a structure or color marking on an animal suggestive of a rosette
especially
: one of the groups of spots on a leopard
4
: a cluster of leaves in crowded circles or spirals arising basally from a crown (as in the dandelion) or apically from an axis with greatly shortened internodes (as in many tropical palms)
5
: a food decoration or garnish in the shape of a rose
icing rosettes
carrot rosettes
Examples of rosette in a Sentence
a rosette of chocolate frosting
Rosettes are carved in the base of the statue.
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Like foxglove, hollyhocks typically grow as biennials, growing a rosette of foliage in their first season and producing flowers in their second year.
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 12 May 2026
Glossy rosettes emerge green and blush rosy when temperatures dips, then burst into canary-yellow flowers emerge in late summer-early fall.
—Erica Browne Grivas, Midwest Living, 4 May 2026
Now that Cyr has been accounted for, a rosette will be placed next to his name on the Walls of the Missing.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 1 May 2026
None of those are toxic, but the right plant has hollow, single, unbranched stems with milky sap and smooth leaves growing in a basal rosette.
—Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 30 Apr. 2026
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 12 May 2026
Glossy rosettes emerge green and blush rosy when temperatures dips, then burst into canary-yellow flowers emerge in late summer-early fall.
—Erica Browne Grivas, Midwest Living, 4 May 2026
Now that Cyr has been accounted for, a rosette will be placed next to his name on the Walls of the Missing.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 1 May 2026
None of those are toxic, but the right plant has hollow, single, unbranched stems with milky sap and smooth leaves growing in a basal rosette.
—Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 30 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for rosette
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“Rosette.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rosette. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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rosette
noun
ro·sette
rō-ˈzet 
1
: a badge or ornament of ribbon gathered in the shape of a rose
2
: a design of leaves or flowers used as a decoration
3
: a circular cluster of leaves developed on a plant (as at the base of a dandelion)
Medical Definition
rosette
noun
ro·sette
rō-ˈzet
: a rose-shaped cluster of cells
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