Meaning

1 senses
  1. A small flower, especially one of a cluster in a composite flower.

    цветокcvetok

    a diminutive flower (especially one that is part of a composite flower)

Examples

2 sentences
  1. A floret is a group of small flowers that grow together and seem to form a single one.

  2. The study concluded that after five minutes of cooking broccoli florets, using each method, boiling destroyed the highest percentage of vitamin C.

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Translations

3 languages
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By meaning 1
small flower:

Origin

From Old French florete, diminutive of flor (“flower”). Doublet of fleuret and floweret.

From Old French florete, diminutive of flor (“flower”). Doublet of fleuret and floweret.

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Forms

plural: florets

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a diminutive flower (especially one that is part of a composite flower):floweret

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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