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