Compositae
plural noun
Com·pos·i·tae
kəmˈpäzəˌtē,
käm-,
-tī
1
: a very large family of herbs, shrubs, and trees (order Campanulales) considered to constitute the most highly evolved plants and characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers, each floret having a gamopetalous, ligulate, or tubular corolla and a calyx modified into a pappus (as in the dandelion, sunflower, aster, and ragweed)
2
in some classifications
a
: a superfamilial group that is coextensive with the family Compositae and is divided into the families Carduaceae, Cichoriaceae, and Ambrosiaceae
b
: carduaceae
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Latin, feminine plural of compositus composite
- potassium cobaltinitrite
- potassium cyanate
- potassium cyanide
- potassium dichromate
- potassium ferricyanide
- potassium ferrocyanide
- potassium fluoride
- potassium hydrate
- potassium hydroxide
- potassium hypochlorite
- potassium iodide
- potassium manganate
- potassium nitrate
- potassium oxalate
- potassium oxide
- potassium permanganate
- potassium persulfate
- potassium sorbate
- potassium sulfate
- potassium tetroxalate
- potassium-argon
- potassiums
- potation
- potations
- potato