HyperDic: flower_head

English > 1 sense of the expression *flower head*:
NOUN	plant	flower head	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

English > *flower head*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
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.
Parts	ray flower, ray floret	small flower with a flat strap-shaped corolla usually occupying the peripheral rings of a composite flower
Broader	inflorescence	The flowering part of a plant or arrangement of flowers on a stalk
Spanish	cabezuela