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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[OF.

florete

, F.

fleurette

, dim. of OF.

lor

, F.

fleur

. See

, and cf.

, 3d

(Bot.)

A little flower; one of the numerous little flowers which compose the head or anthodium in such flowers as the daisy, thistle, and dandelion.

Gray.

[F.

fleuret

A foil; a blunt sword used in fencing.

[Obs.]

Cotgrave.

Noun.

A little flower; the partial or separate little flower of an aggregate flower.