flower head

American  

noun

Botany.

1. an inflorescence consisting of a dense cluster of small, stalkless flowers; capitulum.

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flower head British  

noun

1. an inflorescence in which stalkless florets are crowded together at the tip of the stem

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flower head Scientific  

1. A short, dense, indeterminate inflorescence of sessile flowers, as of composite plants or clover.

2. See more at composite family

3. A very dense grouping of flower buds, as in broccoli and cauliflower.

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Etymology

Origin of flower head

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

Usually the dried flower heads are used in teas.

From National Geographic

To see a field of common milkweed in midsummer — a sea of a thousand nodding pink flower heads — you would not imagine that anything could ever stand in the way of the genus Asclepias.

From Seattle Times

Hanrahan and Opal took brush to box and painted its exterior brightly depicting a garden, upon which Strom affixed discarded spigots as flower heads, an inspired moment of delight.

From Seattle Times

A still life of moody flower heads gets a soulful, jazz-tinged playlist.

From Seattle Times

Sure, the shrub’s summer effusion of hundreds of florets clustered into each of the many giant flower heads had been arresting, a crowd-pleasing moment.

From Seattle Times