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- noun Plural form of
rosette .
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Examples
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The AA rosette scheme recognises successful cooking at different levels across the UK and success in achieving rosettes is based on one or more visits by an AA inspector.
Cardiff today: Le Gallois rosettes, Boutique fashion show and Cardiff love Hannah Waldram 2010
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The rosettes were a failure, and the old lady admitted it.
Jersey Street and Jersey Lane Urban and Suburban Sketches Kenneth [Illustrator] Frazier 1875
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Circular plates of metal called rosettes, having various indentations on the surfaces and edges, are fixed on the mandril, which admits of a movement either end-wise or laterally: a fixed obstacle called the 'touch', against which the rosettes are pressed by a spring, obliges the mandril to follow their indentations, and thus causes the cutting tool to trace out the same pattern on the work.
On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures Charles Babbage 1831
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They will try to use comparisons between a jaguar's unique spots, known as rosettes, to determine if the animal has been previously identified.
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In the same place he had a flat ceiling made of gilded rosettes, which is much extolled.
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 03 (of 10), Filarete and Simone to Mantegna Giorgio Vasari 1542
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When cultered for several days longer, each of these sheets reformed into several round clusters called rosettes (right).
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The leaves form clusters (often referred to as rosettes) at soil level.
WBAY Action 2 News 2008
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The leaves form clusters (often referred to as rosettes) at soil level.
WBAY Action 2 News 2008
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While most jaguars are yellow with black rose-shaped spots called "rosettes," a small percentage have a black coat like this mother and one of her cubs.
Baby Jaguar Cubs Born At Loro Parque In Spain (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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While most jaguars are yellow with black rose-shaped spots called "rosettes," a small percentage have a black coat like this mother and one of her cubs.
Baby Jaguar Cubs Born At Loro Parque In Spain (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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