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rosette
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rosette
1. another name for rose window
2. a rose-shaped patch of colour, such as one of the clusters of spots marking a leopard's fur
3. Botany a circular cluster of leaves growing from the base of a stem

rosette [rō′zet]
(biology)
Any structure or marking resembling a rose.
(metallurgy)
Rounded constituents in a microstructure arranged in whorls.
Strain gages arranged to indicate at a single position the strains in three different directions.
(mineralogy)
Rose-shaped, crystalline aggregates of barite, marcasite, or pyrite formed in sedimentary rock.
(plant pathology)
Any of various plant diseases in which the leaves become clustered in the form of a rosette.

Rosette
D’Albert’s pliable, versatile, talented, acknowledged bedmate. [Fr. Lit.: Mademoiselle de Maupin. Magill I, 542–543]

(language)Rosette - A concurrent object-oriented language from MCC.



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