ray flower

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ray flower

n.
Any of the small tubular flowers having a corolla with a long strap-shaped lobe, found in the flower heads of certain composite plants, as the units of a flower head of a dandelion or the marginal units of a flower head of a daisy. Also called ray floret.
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ray′ flow`er


n.
one of the flattened marginal florets surrounding the disk in the flower heads of certain composite plants, as the daisy. Also called ray′ floret`.
[1850–55]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.ray flower - small flower with a flat strap-shaped corolla usually occupying the peripheral rings of a composite flowerray flower - small flower with a flat strap-shaped corolla usually occupying the peripheral rings of a composite flower
ray floret
blossom, flower, bloom - reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts
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
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