pseudanthium

Noun

Meaning

pseudanthium (plural pseudanthia)

(botany) An inflorescence that looks and functions as if it were a single flower.

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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

They may simulate the sepals of the pseudanthium. Source: Internet

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