semi-floretn.
Botany.
A floret having a ligulate corolla, as in the dandelion.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > composite plant > part of plant
flower1530
pale1578
thrum1578
blade1672
floret1672
semi-floscule1720
radius1727
ray1727
semi-floret1729
egret1785
floscule1785
anthodium1812
periclinium1826
pericline1855
chaff-scale1856
phyllary1857
anthode1865
arrowlet1872
1729 J. Martyn 1st Lect. Bot. 18 A Semifloret, Semiflosculus..is tubulous at first like a Floret; and afterwards expanded in form of a Tongue.
1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 2) Semi-floret (with Florists), an half~flourish, is tubulous at the beginning like a Floret, and afterwards expanded in the form of a tongue.
1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. vi. 68 You have observed two sorts of florets in the Daisy: the yellow ones, which occupy the middle..of the flower, and the little white tongues..which surround them... We shall leave to the first the name of Florets, and to distinguish the second we shall call them Semi-florets.
Derivatives
semi-ˈfloscular adj. having semi-florets (cf. ligulate adj. 1).
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > inflorescence or collective flower > [adjective] > of or having florets
semi-flosculous1720
quilled1733
semi-floscular1753
semi-flosculose1760
tubular1776
floscular1793
sesquialteral1793
flosculous1830
tubate1866
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Scorzonera The flower is of the semifloscular kind.
semi-ˈfloscule n. in Latin form -ˈflosculus.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > composite plant > part of plant
flower1530
pale1578
thrum1578
blade1672
floret1672
semi-floscule1720
radius1727
ray1727
semi-floret1729
egret1785
floscule1785
anthodium1812
periclinium1826
pericline1855
chaff-scale1856
phyllary1857
anthode1865
arrowlet1872
1720 P. Blair Bot. Ess. i. 30 Each of these Flosculi, and Semiflosculi, are situated upon the top of an Embryo seminis.
1727 P. Blair Pharmaco-botanologia v. 210 All the Semifloscles or half Flourishes have a Capillamentum and Vagina.
1727 P. Blair Pharmaco-botanologia v. 227 The yellow radiated large Flowers..have their Corona, consisting of two or three Rows of very small Semifloscules.
semi-ˈflosculose adj. having semi-florets (cf. ligulate adj. 1).
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > inflorescence or collective flower > [adjective] > of or having florets
semi-flosculous1720
quilled1733
semi-floscular1753
semi-flosculose1760
tubular1776
floscular1793
sesquialteral1793
flosculous1830
tubate1866
1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. iii. xx. 212 The Semiflosculose Flowers of Tournefort.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Semiflosculose, having the corolla split and turned to one side, as in the ligule of composites.
semi-ˈflosculous adj. having semi-florets (cf. ligulate adj. 1).
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > inflorescence or collective flower > [adjective] > of or having florets
semi-flosculous1720
quilled1733
semi-floscular1753
semi-flosculose1760
tubular1776
floscular1793
sesquialteral1793
flosculous1830
tubate1866
1720 P. Blair Bot. Ess. iii. 128 Semiflosculous Flowers.
1797 Encycl. Brit. III. 422/2 One naked seed, and compound flowers semiflosculous.
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