Picotee
Picotee describes flowers whose edge is a different colour than the flower's base colour.[1] The word originates from the French picoté, meaning 'marked with points'.[2]
Examples[]
Chinese hibiscus
References[]
- ^ Daily Dictionary entry for picotee (URL accessed June 16, 2006)
- ^ The Oxford Dictionary of English, page 1331. Oxford University Press, 2005.
Categories:
- Flowers
- Plant morphology
- Botany stubs