Definition of composite

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Composite (v. t.) Belonging to the order Compositae; bearing involucrate heads of many small florets, as the daisy, thistle, and dandelion..

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Composite :: Composite (n.) That which is made up of parts or compounded of several elements; composition; combination; compound.
Tidytips :: Tidytips (n.) A California composite plant (Layia platyglossa), the flower of which has yellow rays tipped with white..
Capel :: Capel (n.) A composite stone (quartz, schorl, and hornblende) in the walls of tin and copper lodes..
Decomposite :: Decomposite (a.) See Decompound, a., 2..
Periclinium :: Periclinium (n.) The involucre which surrounds the common receptacle in composite flowers.
Decomposite :: Decomposite (a.) Compounded more than once; compounded with things already composite.
Decomposite :: Decomposite (n.) Anything decompounded.
Anthemis :: Anthemis (n.) Chamomile; a genus of composite, herbaceous plants..
Compositous :: Compositous (a.) Belonging to the Compositae; composite.
Cudweed :: Cudweed (n.) A small composite plant with cottony or silky stem and leaves, primarily a species of Gnaphalium, but the name is now given to many plants of different genera, as Filago, Antennaria, etc.; cottonweed..
Leafcup :: Leafcup (n.) A coarse American composite weed (Polymnia Uvedalia).
Tarweed :: Tarweed (n.) A name given to several resinous-glandular composite plants of California, esp. to the species of Grindelia, Hemizonia, and Madia..
Squamellate :: Squamella (n.) A diminutive scale or bractlet, such as those found on the receptacle in many composite plants; a palea..
Decompound :: Decompound (a.) Several times compounded or divided, as a leaf or stem; decomposite..
Composite :: Composite (v. t.) Belonging to a certain order which is composed of the Ionic order grafted upon the Corinthian. It is called also the Roman or the Italic order, and is one of the five orders recognized by the Italian writers of the sixteenth century. See Capital..
Monocephalous :: Monocephalous (a.) Having a solitary head; -- said of unbranched composite plants.
Foveolate :: Foveolate (a.) Having small pits or depression, as the receptacle in some composite flowers..
Madia :: Madia (n.) A genus of composite plants, of which one species (Madia sativa) is cultivated for the oil yielded from its seeds by pressure. This oil is sometimes used instead of olive oil for the table..
Compound :: Compound (v. t.) Composed of two or more elements, ingredients, parts; produced by the union of several ingredients, parts, or things; composite; as, a compound word..
Volute :: Volute (n.) A spiral scroll which forms the chief feature of the Ionic capital, and which, on a much smaller scale, is a feature in the Corinthian and Composite capitals. See Illust. of Capital, also Helix, and Stale..
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