Definitions for florets

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florets flo·ret

Spelling: [flawr-it, flohr-]

IPA: /ˈflɔr ɪt, ˈfloʊr-/

Florets is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 217 anagrams from letters in florets (eflorst).

Definitions for florets

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 florets

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

Examples for florets

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 adhuc et adhuc florebit Florius haec specie floridus optat amans.

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

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