floweret

[ flou-er-it ]

noun

1. a small flower; floret.

floweret

/ ˈflaʊərɪt /

noun

1. another name for floret

Word History and Origins

Origin of floweret¹

1350–1400; Middle English, variant of floret

Example Sentences

A poet of our age has said that in the meanest floweret we may find "thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears."

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There is so much to see and to find out, even in the commonest weed or the tiniest floweret.

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On its arrival, all the convent pressed round the suffering traveler—poor floweret!

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Sometimes they resemble a floweret that grows on a rocky crag, then again a ray of moonlight trembling over a restless sea.

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Petronella was a very tender floweret to have been reared amidst so much hardness and sorrow.

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Related Words

• blossom
• herb
• perennial
• vine