/flawr"it, flohr"-/ , n.
1. a small flower.
2. Bot. one of the closely clustered small flowers that make up the flower head of a composite flower, as the daisy.
3. one of the tightly clustered divisions of a head of broccoli or cauliflower.
4. Also, florette /flaw ret", floh-/ . spun silk obtained from floss.
5. Print. flower (def. 6).
[ 1350-1400; ME flouret florete, dim. of flor FLOWER; see -ET ]