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A red color used by painters. Peacham.

A stone found at Rosetta, in Egypt, bearing a trilingual inscription, by aid of which, with other inscriptions, a key was obtained to the hieroglyphics of ancient Egypt. Brande & C.

An east Indian wood of a reddish orange color, handsomely veined with darker marks. It is occasionally used for cabinetwork. Ure.

A red color. See Roset.

A bunch, knot, or rosette of ribbon or other material, used as an ornament in women's dress.

r related to the genus Clupeaster; -- applied to a group of flattened sea urchins, with a rosette of pores on the upper side.

A badge, usually in the form of a rosette, or knot, and generally worn upon the hat; -- used as an indication of military or naval service, or party allegiance, and in England as a part of the livery to indicate that the wearer is the servant of a military or naval officer. Seduced by military liveries and cockades. Bu…

One of the expanded ambulacra which form a rosette on the black of certain Echini.

A knot of ribbon formed like a rose; a rose knot; a rosette, esp. one worn on a shoe. Sha.

ntaining, or consisting of, three languages; expressed in three languages. The much-noted Rosetta stone . . . bears upon its surface a trilingual inscription. I. Taylor.

A plant (Pistia stratiotes) which floats on tropical waters, and forms a rosette of spongy, wedge-shaped leaves. J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).