noisette

From French, diminutive of noix (“nut”). The rose takes its name from the French gardener of Charleston, South Carolina, who produced it in 1817.

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noisette (plural noisettes)

1. A small round thick slice of meat (in particular, lamb or veal) that has been deboned.
2. A hybrid rose, from the China rose and the musk rose.

noisette (not comparable)

1. Flavoured with hazelnuts. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

• café noisette

• seen to it, teosinte

From noix +‎ -ette.

• IPA^(key): /nwa.zɛt/

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noisette f (plural noisettes)

1. hazelnut

   Synonym: aveline

2. noisette
3. knob (of butter etc.)
4. espresso with a little milk

• “noisette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• estoient, nettoies, teosinte