Meaning

1 senses

  1. A floret, or small or component flower

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

Origin

From Middle English flourette, from Old French florete. By surface analysis, flower + -et;

From Middle English flourette, from Old French florete. By surface analysis, flower + -et; compare flowerlet. Doublet of fleuret and floret.

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Forms

plural: flowerets

Synonyms

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
flowB1flowerA1flowerpotfloweryfluB1

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