rosette

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

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},
       {rosette}, {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},
       {rosette}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
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   2. (Arch.) An ornament in the form of a rose or roundel,
      -much used in decoration.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. A red color. See {Roset}.
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   4. A rose burner. See under {Rose}.
      [1913 Webster]

   5. (Zool.)
      (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.
          [1913 Webster]

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

Rosette

   <language> A {concurrent} {object-oriented language} from
   {MCC}.

   [Details?]

   (1997-11-26)

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

24 Moby Thesaurus words for "rosette":
      Danish pastry, French pastry, baklava, blintz, chocolate eclair,
      cream puff, dowdy, eclair, pandowdy, pastry, pasty, patisserie,
      patty, patty-shell, pie, puff, quiche, strudel, tart, timbale,
      tipsy cake, trifle, turnover, vol-au-vent