Akin to endive; = cichoraceous, adj.

literal. Bearing corymbs; spec. belonging to the Corymbiferæ, a sub-order of Composite plants, having the florets of the disk tubular and perfect…

Cichoraceous.

having or consisting of flat leaves; spec. = planipetalous adj.

Of or belonging to the sub-order Cichoraceæ, comprising those composite plants, which have only ligulate florets, as Chicory, Dandelion, etc.

Belonging to the class Syngenesia; having the stamens united by their anthers.

Botany. Belonging to the family Compositæ, in which what is popularly called the flower consists really of a close head of many small flowers…

= syngenesious, adj. 1.

= cynaraceous, adj.

Belonging to the order Cynaraceæ proposed by Lindley, identical with the suborder Cynaroideæ or Cynarocephalæ of Composite plants, including the…

applied to composite plants in which all the fruits arising from a flower-head are alike; opposed to heterocarpous.

Of the involucre of a plant of the family Asteraceae (Compositae): having united bracts.

= composite, adj. 4a.

Belonging to the order Synanthereæ, a synonym of Compositæ, having the anthers united; syngenesious.

Belonging to the Asteraceæ or Compositæ; composite.

Allied to the artichoke; cynaraceous, adj.

belonging to the division Tubulifloræ of Composite plants, having either all the florets, or those of the disk, tubular.

having tubular flowers or florets, as the division Tubifloræ of composite plants (= tubuliflorous adj. at tubuli-, comb._form affix).

= tubulifloral adj.