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FLORET |
Flower head |
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BUR |
Burn offend of clingng flower head |
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TASSEL |
The flower or head of some plants, esp. when pendent. |
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SNAKEHEAD |
The Guinea-hen flower. See Snake's-head, and under
Guinea. |
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INVOLUCRE |
A whorl or set of bracts around a flower, umbel, or
head. |
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CURD |
The edible flower head of certain brassicaceous plants, as
the broccoli and cauliflower. |
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HOMOCHROMOUS |
Having all the florets in the same flower head of the
same color. |
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ANTHODIUM |
The inflorescence of a compound flower in which many
florets are gathered into a involucrate head. |
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HETEROCHROMOUS |
Having the central florets of a flower head of a
different color from those of the circumference. |
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SNAKE'S-HEAD |
The Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England
because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head. |
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TURTLEHEAD |
An American perennial herb (Chelone glabra) having
white flowers shaped like the head of a turtle. Called also snakehead,
shell flower, and balmony. |
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CAPITULUM |
A thick head of flowers on a very short axis, as a
clover top, or a dandelion; a composite flower. A capitulum may be
either globular or flat. |
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TEASEL |
A plant of the genus Dipsacus, of which one species (D.
fullonum) bears a large flower head covered with stiff, prickly, hooked
bracts. This fl... |
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GRANADILLA |
The fruit of certain species of passion flower (esp.
Passiflora quadrangularis) found in Brazil and the West Indies. It is
as large as a child'... |