rosette : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: rosette	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for rosette
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rosette n an ornament or pattern resembling a rose that is worn as a badge of office or as recognition of having won an honor rhizoctinia disease of potatoes Synonym(s): little potato, rosette, russet scab, stem canker a cluster of leaves growing in crowded circles from a common center or crown (usually at or close to the ground) circular window filled with tracery Synonym(s): rose window, 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[94]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 The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Rosette A {concurrent} {object-oriented language} from {MCC}. [Details?] (1997-11-26)