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
Panicum virgatum L. Achene surrounded by two persistent shining pieces, the floret; floral glume hard, light brown, oval or ovate-lanceolate 2.5–3.1 mm. long.
From Seeds of Michigan Weeds Bulletin 260, Michigan State Agricultural College Experiment Station, Division of Botany, March, 1910 by W. J. (William James) Beal
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