floret

UK: /ˈflɒrɪt/ US: (flôr′it, flōr′-)

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flo•ret  (flôr′it, flōr′-), n. 

1. a small flower.
2. [Bot.] one of the closely clustered small flowers that make up the flower head of a composite flower, as the daisy.
3. Plant Biology, Food one of the tightly clustered divisions of a head of broccoli or cauliflower.
Also, flo•rette  (flô ret′, flō-). spun silk obtained from floss.
4. Printing flower (def. 6).

• Old French florete, diminutive of flor flower; see -et
• Middle English flouret 1350–1400

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floret / ˈflɔːrɪt/ noun

1. a small flower, esp one of many making up the head of a composite flower

Etymology: 17th Century: from Old French florete a little flower, from flor flower