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# rosette

noun (a rosette, rosettes)

«rosette» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A round badge made of ribbon, given as a prize, for example at a horse or pet show. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rosette/#m1)
2. A rose-shaped decoration in building or on clothes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rosette/#m2)
3. (science) A ring of leaves growing from one point near the ground, like a dandelion's. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rosette/#m3)
4. Rosette is also a girl's name. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rosette/#m4)

### In the lessons

At shows and gymkhanas, winners get rosettes (red, blue, yellow by place). Political supporters wear rosettes. In science, plants like dandelions grow leaves in a rosette. Phrases: «a red rosette», «win a rosette».

### Examples

- My pony won a blue rosette at the show. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rosette/#x1)
- Our dog got a rosette for best tail. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rosette/#x2)
- The candidates wore party rosettes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rosette/#x3)
- A dandelion's leaves grow in a rosette. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rosette/#x4)
- She pinned the rosette to her jacket. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rosette/#x5)
- The ceiling has a plaster rosette around the light. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rosette/#x6)
- Rosette thought she had never seen anything so pretty. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rosette/#x7)

### Note

Pronounced roh-ZET. Countable. Rosette colours differ by country: in the UK red is first; in the US and Canada blue is often first.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «rosette» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rosette/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«rosette» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/rosette.html) on Mova free.