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flower head

n.

1. A dense, short, compact cluster of sessile flowers, as of composite plants or clover. Also called capitulum.

2. A very dense grouping of flower buds, as in broccoli and cauliflower.

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flower head

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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) an inflorescence in which stalkless florets are crowded together at the tip of the stem

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flower head

1. A short, dense, indeterminate inflorescence of sessile flowers, as of composite plants or clover. See more at composite family.

2. A very dense grouping of flower buds, as in broccoli and cauliflower.

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Noun

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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 inflorescence - the flowering part of a plant or arrangement of flowers on a stalk ray floret, ray flower - small flower with a flat strap-shaped corolla usually occupying the peripheral rings of a composite flower