floret
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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
So widely do the anthers diverge, that pollen must often drop on the stigma of a neighboring floret, and quite as often a flower is likely to be self-fertilized through the curvature of the filaments.
From Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors by Neltje Blanchan
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