rosette: Meaning and Definition of

ro•sette

1. any arrangement, part, object, or formation more or less resembling a rose.
2. a rose-shaped arrangement of ribbon or other material, used as an ornament or badge.
3. an architectural ornament resembling a rose or having a generally circular combination of parts.
4. a circular cluster of leaves or other organs.
5. a broad ornamental head for a screw or nail.
1. any of a number of disks of refined copper formed when cold water is thrown onto the molten metal.
2. a rounded microconstituent of certain alloys.
7. any of several diseases of plants, characterized by the crowding of the foliage into circular clusters owing to a shortening of the internodes of stems or branches, caused by fungi, viruses, or nutritional deficiencies.
8. one of the compound spots on a leopard.

Ro•sette

1. a female given name.