noun
- carnations or other flowers having petals with contrasting colored edges or borders
Usage: gardening; horticulture
Examples
- The garden featured beautiful picotees with white petals edged in deep red.
- She grew several varieties of picotees in her flower beds.
- The florist arranged picotees with their distinctive colored borders in the bouquet.
- Victorian gardeners prized picotees for their elegant two-toned appearance.
- The picotees bloomed with pink centers and purple edges.
- He entered his prize picotees in the local flower show.