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floret definition

flo·ret (flôr′it, flō′rit)

noun

  1. a small flower
  2. any of the individual flowers making up the head of a plant of the composite family
  3. the flowering unit of a grass spikelet, consisting of the flower and its two enveloping bracts

Etymology: ME flourette < OFr florete, dim. of flor, flower

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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