floret
floret
Definition
flo·ret (flôr′it, flō′rit)
noun
- a small flower
- any of the individual flowers making up the head of a plant of the composite family
- 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
floret
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- broccoli: Give your canary a floret of broccoli or a small bit of spinach leaf once or twice a week.
Converse of object
- add: When cooking the pasta add the broccoli florets 1-2 minutes before the end of cooking, then drain together.
- have: The latter has much larger florets than the Amaryllis and is much easier to care for hence its popularity.
- steam: Serve with a green vegetable such as steamed broccoli florets or baby courgettes.
- call: It is a member of the daisy family and each flowerhead is a cluster of many individual flowers called florets.
- use: Try using florets in curries, stir-fries and creamy soups.
- cook: Broccoli can be added to stir-fry dishes and cooked florets make a tasty and colorful addition to pasta sauces or bakes.
Preposition: in
- center: It has white petals and a disk of yellow florets in the center.
Adjective modifier
- sterile: The numerous sterile florets are large almost engulfing the center cluster of fertile flowers.
- yellow: It has white petals and a disk of yellow florets in the center.
- white: Chambers 1888 ) AGM 1992 - A tall, slender lacecap with white florets, gradually changing to deep pink from the outer tips.
- small: The heads of these flowers are made up of many small florets each containing only a small quantity of nectar.
- large: The large ray florets have either three or four sepals only.
- few: Flowers in June, white flowers with few ray florets which age to pink.
Noun used with modifier
- broccoli: Cut or break the broccoli florets up into little bite sized pieces.
- cauliflower: Raw cauliflower florets are particularly good for scooping up dips.
- ray: Flowers in June, white flowers with few ray florets which age to pink.
- disk: Seeds from the disk florets are carried 3.7 to 72.5 m by the wind.
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