ray flower

Noun

Meaning

small flower with a flat strap-shaped corolla usually occupying the peripheral rings of a composite flower

Synonyms

Hypernyms

Examples

A ligule is the strap-shaped tongue of the corolla of either a ray flower or of a ligulate flower. Source: Internet

Each "petal" consists of a ligule composed of fused petals of an asymmetrical ray flower. Source: Internet

A ray flower is a 3-tipped (3-lobed), strap-shaped, individual flower in the head of some members of the family Asteraceae. Source: Internet

Sometimes a ray flower has 2 tips (or 2-lobes). Source: Internet

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