rosette

Etymology

Borrowed from French rosette.

noun

1. An imitation of a rose by means of ribbon or other material, used especially as an ornament or a badge.
2. (architecture) An ornament in the form of a rose or roundel, much used in decoration.
3. (music) A decorative inlay surrounding the sound hole of a guitar.
4. A red color.
5. A rose burner.
6. (botany) One or more whorls of leaves, clustered tightly at the base of a plant.
7. (botany) A plant growth form in which the plant grows outward in all directions for a short distance, producing a small round shape.
8. (zoology) Any structure having a flowerlike form; especially, the group of five broad ambulacra on the upper side of the spatangoid and clypeastroid sea urchins.
9. (zoology) A flowerlike color marking, as on the leopard.
10. A floral pattern in latte art.
11. (medicine) A clustered formation of tumor cells.
12. (cooking) A thin, cookie-like, deep-fried Scandinavian pastry, made using an iron, which resembles a rose blossom.
13. (cooking) A rose shape piped using frosting, most commonly buttercream.
14. A form of knot.
15. A disc formed by throwing water on molten metal.
16. (oceanography) A rosette sampler.
17. (pathology) Synonym of worm-star