Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In zoology, a family of compound ascidians, corresponding to the family Botryllidœ; the Synascidiœ (which see).
- The largest natural order of plants, including over 750 genera and 10,000 species, distributed all over the globe wherever vegetation is found, and divided equally between the old world and the new.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural (Bot.) A large family of dicotyledonous plants, having their flowers arranged in dense heads of many small florets and their anthers united in a tube. The daisy, dandelion, and asters, are examples.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia
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Examples
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A great variety of climbing plants (compositae, bignoniaciae, and sapindaceae) already exists.
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Some thornless thistles, a little brush of sapless-looking indigo, and some species of compositae struggle for a doleful existence.
The Hawaiian Archipelago Isabella Lucy 2004
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Domus, et habitacula rotundae sunt formae, compositae et contextae paruis lignis, et flexilibus virgulis, ad modum cauearum quas nos facimus pro auiculis, habentes rotundam in culmine aperturam praestantem duo beneficia habitationi, quoniam et ignis quem in medio domus constituunt, fumum emittit, et pro aspiciendo lumen immittit.
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Grass-land much tumbled about, the turf very fine and green, dotted over with clumps and single trees, with picturesque, rocky hills, deeply cleft by water-courses were on our right, and on our left the green slopes blended with the flushed, stony soil near the sea, on which indigo and various compositae are the chief vegetation.
The Hawaiian Archipelago Isabella Lucy 2004
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Domus, et habitacula rotundae sunt formae, compositae et contextae paruis lignis, et flexilibus virgulis, ad modum cauearum quas nos facimus pro auiculis, habentes rotundam in culmine aperturam praestantem duo beneficia habitationi, quoniam et ignis quem in medio domus constituunt, fumum emittit, et pro aspiciendo lumen immittit.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Teazles, thistles, and the umbels (seed-heads) of various plants, chiefly compositae, will be found of service; but everything must be thoroughly dried before being coloured, or before being introduced into shades or cases.
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Darwinian; not a sceptic, but _Agnosticus suavis_ or _Verecundus, ordo compositae_, you know.
Border Ghost Stories Howard Pease
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'The compositae, yes, I think so,' said Ursula, who was never very sure of anything.
Women in Love 1907
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Positive and negative varieties of this kind are by no means rare among the compositae.
Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Hugo de Vries 1891
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In eventum ergo talem, quod in causa religionis dissensiones inter nos et partes amice et in caritate non fuerint compositae, tunc coram
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