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Rosette

noun

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. Synonyms: little potato, 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: rose window.

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... in forcing his way, and he did not reach the front of the crowd till it was opposite Mr. Broad's and the destruction of the windows had begun. He leaped over the iron railing, and presented himself at the gate with the orange rosette on his coat and the stick in his right hand. He was just in time, for yells of "Psalm-singing old hypocrite!" were already in the air, and the fence was being stormed. George administered to the foremost ruffian ...

— The Revolution in Tanner's Lane • Mark Rutherford

... pounding equal quantities of shrimps, from which heads, tails, and shells have been removed, and fresh butter till they form a smooth mass; spread the fried bread with it. Place whole shrimps on the top in the shape of a rosette, in the centre of which put a tiny ...

— Choice Cookery • Catherine Owen

... came up by the night train, and a close shave it has been. Well, a miss is as good as a mile, and we are safe to see the whole of the pageant," said the old man, speaking to a tall, thin, gray-haired gentleman, who wore a rosette on the lapel of ...

— For Woman's Love • Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth

... Blackthorn. An indigenous, spiny shrub, with tiny white flowers; and P. spinosa flore-pleno has small, rosette-like flowers that are ...

— Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs • A. D. Webster

... is, I heared it." Tildy's head was shaken from side to side. "But 'tain't Gault doin's to put high-falutin', Frenchified, crocheted-rosette food before some folks what ain't used to it, and field-hand grub before them what's the airiest in town. Ain't nothin' like that ever been done in this house, what's been known for its feed for fifty years, and ...

— Miss Gibbie Gault • Kate Langley Bosher

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