[ ˌpɪkə'ti: ]
■ noun a type of carnation of which the flowers have a light ground and dark-edged petals.
Origin
C18: from Fr. picoté(e) 'marked with points', past participle of picoter 'to prick'.
[ ˌpɪkə'ti: ]
■ noun a type of carnation of which the flowers have a light ground and dark-edged petals.
Origin
C18: from Fr. picoté(e) 'marked with points', past participle of picoter 'to prick'.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004