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disk flower

American  

noun

Botany.

  1. one of a number of small tubular flowers composing the disk of certain composite plants.

disk flower Scientific  

  1. Any of the tiny tubular flowers in the central portion of the capitulum or flower head of certain plants of the composite family (Asteraceae or Compositae). In many composite flowers, such as the daisy and sunflower, the disk flowers are surrounded by flattened ray flowers.

Etymology

Origin of disk flower

First recorded in 1865–70

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