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Webster 1913 Edition

Floret

Flo′ret

,
Noun.
[OF.
florete
, F.
fleurette
, dim. of OF.
lor
, F.
fleur
. See
Flower
, and cf.
Floweret
, 3d
Ferret
.]
1.
(Bot.)
A little flower; one of the numerous little flowers which compose the head or anthodium in such flowers as the daisy, thistle, and dandelion.
Gray.
2.
[F.
fleuret
.]
A foil; a blunt sword used in fencing.
[Obs.]
Cotgrave.

Webster 1828 Edition

Floret

FLO'RET

,
Noun.
A little flower; the partial or separate little flower of an aggregate flower.

Definition 2024

floret

floret

English

Florets of a sunflower

Noun

floret ‎(plural florets)

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

Translations

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

From Italian fioretto.

Noun

floret m ‎(plural florets)

  1. (fencing) foil

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

floret f ‎(plural floretten, diminutive floretje n)

  1. (fencing) foil

Latin

Verb

flōret

  1. third-person singular present active indicative of flōreō

Etymology

Old French florete, diminutive of flor ‎(“flower”). Compare fleuret

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