ray flower

American  

noun

Botany.

1. one of the marginal florets surrounding the disk of tubular florets in the flower heads of certain composite plants, as the daisy.

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ray flower Scientific  

1. One of the narrow flowers, resembling single petals, that surround the central disk in the capitulum or flower cluster of a plant of the composite family (Asteraceae or Compositae), such as the daisy or sunflower. Rays are often male flowers with sterile stamens.

2. Also called ray ray floret

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Etymology

Origin of ray flower

First recorded in 1850–55