| NOUN | plant | compass flower, compass plant | any of several plants having leaves so arranged on the axis as to indicate the cardinal points of the compass |
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| Meaning | Any of several plants having leaves so arranged on the axis as to indicate the cardinal points of the compass. | |
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| Synonym | compass plant | |
| Member of | Compositae, family Compositae, Asteraceae, family Asteraceae, aster family | plants with heads composed of many florets |
| Narrower | prickly lettuce, horse thistle, Lactuca serriola, Lactuca scariola | European annual wild lettuce having prickly stems |
| rosinweed, Silphium laciniatum | North American perennial having a resinous odor and yellow flowers | |
| Broader | composite, composite plant | Considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers |
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