flower head
an inflorescence consisting of a dense cluster of small, stalkless flowers; capitulum.
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How to use flower head in a sentence
The stipules are ovate, larger, veined, and have long points; and each flower-head has a pair of trifoliate leaves at its base.
Field and Woodland Plants | William S. FurneauxCapitulum or Flower-head of the Marigold, showing the involucre or whorl of overlapping bracts.
Field and Woodland Plants | William S. FurneauxThe flower-head has somewhat the appearance of a purple thistle, but the involucre is not prickly.
Field and Woodland Plants | William S. FurneauxThe same flower head, the same muddy puddle or patch of road, is selected.
Practical Taxidermy | Montagu BrowneThe color of the blossom is darker than in red clover, and the flower-head is looser.
Cornell Nature-Study Leaflets | Various
British Dictionary definitions for flower head
an inflorescence in which stalkless florets are crowded together at the tip of the stem
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Scientific definitions for flower head
A short, dense, indeterminate inflorescence of sessile flowers, as of composite plants or clover. See more at composite family.
A very dense grouping of flower buds, as in broccoli and cauliflower.
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