Definitions for floret

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floret flo·ret

Spelling: [flawr-it, flohr-]

IPA: /ˈflɔr ɪt, ˈfloʊr-/

Floret is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 113 anagrams from letters in floret (eflort).

Definitions for floret

noun

1. a small flower.
2. Botany. one of the closely clustered small flowers that make up the flower head of a composite flower, as the daisy.
3. one of the tightly clustered divisions of a head of broccoli or cauliflower.
4. Also, florette [flaw-ret, floh-] /flɔˈrɛt, floʊ-/ (Show IPA). spun silk obtained from floss.
5. Printing. flower (def 6).

Origin of floret

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

Examples for floret

If well rubbed after threshing, the floret is nearly smooth, otherwise it contains on the lower half numerous webby hairs.

floret adhuc et adhuc florebit Florius haec specie floridus optat amans.

floret confessed to the Prvt of Paris that the whole affair was a deception, and on March 24, 1404, they were all duly burned.

The relative positions of the parts of the floret are shown in the floral diagrams.

floret, a single flower of a head or cluster, especially in Compositae.