floret
Example Sentences
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But it was the pattern in that individual floret that captured his attention, so he had zeroed in.
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
It’s homely but exceptional, and I’ll fight anyone at the table for the last floret.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 2, 2018
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
Owing to their slight stickiness and the sharp processes over their entire surface, the pollen grains, which readily cling to the hairs of insects, are transported to the two-branched, hairy stigma of an older floret.
From Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors by Neltje Blanchan