flower head

Noun

Meaning

a shortened compact cluster of flowers so arranged that the whole gives the effect of a single flower as in clover or members of the family Compositae

Synonyms

Hypernyms

Examples

What is often called the " flower " of the sunflower is actually a " flower head " or pseudanthium of numerous small individual five-petaled flowers (" florets "). Source: Internet

The domestic sunflower, however, often possesses only a single large inflorescence (flower head) atop an unbranched stem. Source: Internet

Two bees on a flower head of Creeping Thistle, Cirsium arvense It is generally assumed that the function of flowers, from the start, was to involve mobile animals in their reproduction processes. Source: Internet

However, as the flower bud matures and blossoms, the stem stiffens and the flower head becomes fixed facing the eastward direction." Source: Internet

Place the flower head at the base of the cone with the melted candy stem touching the cone. Source: Internet

Plants in the Compositae are distinguished by their flower heads, which are composed of many independent florets fused into one apparent common flower head. Source: Internet

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