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- noun Plural form of
flowerhead .
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Examples
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The twistElderflower, in the form of flowerheads simmered with the gooseberries or a drop of cordial stirred in with the cream, is a classic.
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The flowerheads will develop over the next month or six weeks to provide secondary, if smaller heads for the cook.
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Beyond, the flowerheads of the feather reed grass quiver below the crape myrtle blossoms.
Replacing the front yard with a garden: The beauty of harmony 2010
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Take the head before the buds begin to open, and cut carefully to leave the lateral flowerheads forming at the base of the terminal head.
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Even on the near side of winter there were treasures to be found, seeds clinging to dried flowerheads of fennel, dill, and anise, and lousewort with a few seedcases that had failed to split open.
Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009
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Even on the near side of winter there were treasures to be found, seeds clinging to dried flowerheads of fennel, dill, and anise, and lousewort with a few seedcases that had failed to split open.
Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009
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Even on the near side of winter there were treasures to be found, seeds clinging to dried flowerheads of fennel, dill, and anise, and lousewort with a few seedcases that had failed to split open.
Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009
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I had no idea they were so versatile for crafting – amazing what you have done with the leaves, stalks, and flowerheads. what a great post!
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Purple loosestrife is rearing its ugly flowerheads across the length and breadth of the Maine roadside scene, invasive alien that it is.
Marginally better jhetley 2005
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It was the sort of day when joe-pye weed had grown seven feet tall and its autumnal metallic flowerheads suddenly opened and glittered in the sun, looking for all the world like frost early of a morning.
Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 2003
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