floweretn.
/ˈflaʊərᵻt/, U.S. /ˈflaʊəˌrɛt/ Chiefly poetic.figurative.1753–4 W. Shenstone Poet. Wks. (1854) 138 Let Art and Friendship's joint essay Diffuse their flowerets in her way.
A small flower.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [noun] > characterized by size
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c1400 Rom. Rose 891 For nought y-clad in silk was he, But al in floures and flourettes.
1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iv. i. 54 That same deawe..Stood now within the pretty flouriets eyes. View more context for this quotation
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 379 The Silvan Lodge..With flourets deck't. View more context for this quotation
1782 V. Knox Ess. (1819) II. cxvii. 292 The charms of a tree or a flowret.
1838 H. W. Longfellow Reaper & Flowers iv My Lord has need of these flowerets gay.
1874 J. Geikie Great Ice Age xxx. 455 In arctic regions the short summer brings into bloom a number of pretty flowerets.
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2. Also flowerette /flaʊəˈrɛt/. = floret n.1 Additions b.
/flaʊəˈrɛt/. = floret n.1 Additions b.ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > cabbage or kale > [noun] > head of cauliflower or broccoli > piece of curd, broken up for culinary purposes
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1911 C. E. Francatelli Mod. Cook 343 Take a round-bottomed basin and fill it with cauliflowers, placing the flowerets next the sides that the white only may show when dished up.
1962 M. Patten 500 Recipes for Quick Meals v. 47/2 Divide the cauliflower into fairly even flowerets.
1987 Washington Post 26 Aug. e3/3 1½ cups cauliflower flowerettes.
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