picotee

See also: picoteé, and picotée

English

Alternative forms

• picketee (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from French picoté (“marked with points”), past participle of picoter.

Noun

picotee (plural picotees)

1. (botany) A flower (such as a carnation) whose margin is a different colour from the flower's basic colour.

Further reading

• “picotee”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Spanish

Verb

picotee

1. inflection of picotear:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative