composite plant

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composite plant - considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowerscompositeflower - a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossomsaster family, Asteraceae, Compositae, family Asteraceae, family Compositae - plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinniacompass flower, compass plant - any of several plants having leaves so arranged on the axis as to indicate the cardinal points of the compasseverlasting, everlasting flower - any of various plants of various genera of the family Compositae having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or colorAnthemis cotula, mayweed, stinking chamomile, stinking mayweed, dog fennel - widespread rank-smelling weed having white-rayed flower heads with yellow discsAnthemis tinctoria, dyers' chamomile, golden marguerite, yellow chamomile - Eurasian perennial herb with hairy divided leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in North AmericaAnthemis arvensis, corn chamomile, field chamomile, corn mayweed - European white-flowered weed naturalized in North AmericaChrysanthemum maximum, Leucanthemum maximum, oxeye daisy - similar to oxeye daisyChrysanthemum maximum maximum, Leucanthemum superbum, shasta daisy - hybrid garden flower derived from Chrysanthemum maximum and Chrysanthemum lacustre having large white flower heads resembling oxeye daisies; often placed in the genus ChrysanthemumChrysanthemum lacustre, Leucanthemum lacustre, Pyrenees daisy - perennial of Portugal similar to the oxeye daisyChrysanthemum ptarmiciflorum, dusty miller, silver lace, silver-lace, Tanacetum ptarmiciflorum - shrubby perennial of the Canary Islands having white flowers and leaves and hairy stems covered with dustlike down; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemumgolden buttons, Tanacetum vulgare, tansy, scented fern - common perennial aromatic herb native to Eurasia having buttonlike yellow flower heads and bitter-tasting pinnate leaves sometimes used medicinallycrown beard, crownbeard, crown-beard - any plant of the genus Verbesina having clustered white or yellow flower heads