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- French · borrowed frompicoté“marked with points”
- English todaypicotee
Borrowed from French picoté (“marked with points”), past participle of picoter.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
picotee
Today it means: A flower (such as a carnation) whose margin is a different colour from the flower's basic colour. Full definition →
French picoté