| aggregate |
a sum, combination, or composite of separable elements. [1/6 definitions] |
| calendula |
a plant of the composite family that bears yellow or orange flowers; pot marigold. |
| chamomile |
an aromatic Old World herb bearing white composite flowers and feathery leaves or any of several other plants resembling it, used esp. in making medicinal teas. |
| cocklebur |
a coarse composite plant with rough, prickly burs, usu. considered a weed. [1/2 definitions] |
| compo |
a composite material, such as mortar or concrete. |
| composite |
a composite plant. [1/5 definitions] |
| cyclorama |
a large composite picture put on the wall of a circular room to appear in a natural perspective to a person in the center of the room. [1/2 definitions] |
| discoid |
of a composite flower, having disk flowers only, without ray flowers. [1/3 definitions] |
| disk flower |
any of the small tubular tightly packed flowers making up the center of the flower head of certain composite plants, such as the aster or daisy. |
| double exposure |
the resulting composite photograph. [1/2 definitions] |
| floret |
a small flower, esp. one of several making up a composite flower. |
| hemp agrimony |
a composite plant native to Europe and Asia that bears clusters of reddish purple flowers. |
| involucre |
a ring of small leaves or leaflike parts at the base of a flower or flower cluster of a composite plant. [1/2 definitions] |
| ligule |
a strap-shaped structure in the petals of certain composite plants. [1/2 definitions] |
| occlude |
in meteorology, to form a composite weather front by the action of cold air overtaking a warm front and forcing it upward. [1/5 definitions] |
| oxeye |
any of various composite flowers, such as the sunflower. |
| oxeye daisy |
a composite plant of North America and Europe having a vivid yellow center with white petals extending from it. |
| pappus |
a modified calyx consisting of a ring or tuft of feathery hairs, bristles, or scales around the top of the fruit of composite plants, such as the dandelion and thistle. |
| Piltdown man |
a skull, found in 1911, believed to represent a species of prehistoric human but shown in 1953 to be a forged composite of modern human and ape bone fragments. |
| ramtil |
a weedy composite annual, the seeds of which yield an oil used in India for cooking and in the making of soaps. |
| ray flower |
any of the flowers around the border of the head of a composite plant such as the daisy. |