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]

For the British warship, see HMS Picotee (K63).
Picotee edges in flower

Examples

References
  1. Daily Dictionary entry for picotee (URL accessed June 16, 2006)
  2. The Oxford Dictionary of English, page 1331. Oxford University Press, 2005.


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