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🌸 A flower with edges 🌸 Edged with color
picotee

picotee

1 9.9
A flower with petals edged in a different color
  • noun
  • Specialized
: picotee
  • The garden was full of beautiful picotee flowers.

Examples

  • Many gardeners prize picotee blooms for their unique and colorful appearance.

  • The rose bush produced several beautiful picotee flowers in the spring.

  • She chose a picotee variety for her garden because of its striking petal edges.

  • I bought a picotee plant for my mother.

  • The garden was beautiful, filled with vibrant picotee flowers that displayed edges of deep purple against their white petals.

  • She picked a picotee flower to complement her bouquet, admiring its striking contrast of colors.

  • At the flower show, the picotee varieties drew attention for their unique petal design and vivid hues.

Surface Forms

picotee singular
picotees plural

Etymology

Picotee as a noun also comes from French picoté 'marked with small points', so you can picture a flower whose petals look 'painted' at the edge; that is exactly what a picotee bloom is, a flower with a differently colored border.