floret

Example Sentences

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He did exactly that one February day when he spied a single, backlit floret of a faded Hydrangea paniculata that was still hanging on.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 11, 2022

The direct application of heat to the outside of each floret creates an actual chemical change, as the sugars and amino acids inside the vegetable rearrange themselves.

From New York Times • May 4, 2022

This recipe liberates broccoli from the floret and instead has you finely chop both the frilly tops and sturdy stem.

From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2022

The student, Trevon Grimes, had a temple-fade haircut so bushy on top that classmates compared his head to a broccoli floret.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 1, 2017

Thus Onslow has "Festina lente" and Vernon more happily "Ver non semper floret."

From History of English Humour, Vol. 2 by L'Estrange, Alfred Guy Kingan