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compound flower

noun

the flower head of a composite plant.

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Origin of compound flower

First recorded in 1770–80

Words nearby compound flower

compound dislocation, compound engine, compound eye, compound fault, compound flap, compound flower, compound fraction, compound fracture, compound gland, compound heterozygote, compound hyperopic astigmatism
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British Dictionary definitions for compound flower

compound flower

noun

a flower head made up of many small flowers appearing as a single bloom, as in the daisy
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