Floret

/fləˈɹɛt/ noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A small flower, especially one of a cluster in a composite flower.
  2. 2
    a diminutive flower (especially one that is part of a composite flower) wordnet

Example

More examples

"A floret is a group of small flowers that grow together and seem to form a single one."

Etymology

From Old French florete, diminutive of flor (“flower”). Doublet of fleuret and floweret.

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