NOUN | plant | ray floret, ray flower | small flower with a flat strap-shaped corolla usually occupying the peripheral rings of a composite flower |
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Meaning | small flower with a flat strap-shaped corolla usually occupying the peripheral rings of a composite flower. | |
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Synonym | ray flower | |
Part of | 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 |
Broader | flower, bloom, blossom | reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts |
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