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flower head

noun Botany.

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

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flower bug, flower child, flower cluster, flower fly, flower girl, flower head, flower people, flower power, flower-de-luce, flower-of-an-hour, flower-of-jove

Origin of flower head

First recorded in 1835–45
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British Dictionary definitions for flower head

flower head

noun

an inflorescence in which stalkless florets are crowded together at the tip of the stem
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Science definitions for flower head

flower head

A short, dense, indeterminate inflorescence of sessile flowers, as of composite plants or clover. See more at composite family.
A very dense grouping of flower buds, as in broccoli and cauliflower.
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