flo|ret

flo|ret
flo|ret «FLR iht, FLOHR-», noun.
1. a small flower; floweret: »

acres of houstonia whose innumerable florets whiten and ripple before the eye (Emerson).

2. Botany. one of the small flowers in a flower head of a composite plant, such as the dandelion or aster.
[< Old French florete (diminutive) < flor flower < Latin flōs, flōris]

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