Picotee

Picotee edges in flower

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]

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