The Wordsmith Dictionary

Exact matches only Allow stemming Match all embedded

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PICOTEE; PICOTINE

Pic `o *tee ", Pic `o *tine ", n. Etym: [F. picoté dotted, picked. ] (Bot. )

Defn: A variety of carnation having petals of a light color variously dotted and spotted at the edges.

New American Oxford Dictionary

picotee

pic o tee |ˌpikəˈtē ˌpɪkəˈti | ▶noun a type of carnation whose light-colored flowers have dark-edged petals. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from French picoté (e )‘marked with points, ’ past participle of picoter ‘to prick. ’

Oxford Dictionary

picotee

picotee |ˌpɪkəˈtiː | ▶noun a type of carnation of which the flowers have a light ground and dark-edged petals. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from French picoté (e )‘marked with points ’, past participle of picoter ‘to prick ’.