flowerhead

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noun botany A short, compact cluster of flowers, such as those found in the composites

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In this particular thought sequence reading up with time the flowerhead of realization is preceded by tentative symmetrical idea-tendrils.

Christopher Dewdney Lemon Hound 2009
Out front at the street, a cold spot and the lowest elevation finds a wild white aster flowerhead and Pennisetum alopecuroides ‘Moudry’ encased.

Hoarfrost Or Frozen Dew « Fairegarden 2008
If your dill does not have a flowerhead, add a tsp of dill seed as well.

Green Tomato Finale Lindy 2005
If your dill does not have a flowerhead, add a tsp of dill seed as well.

Toast: Lindy 2005
Fill your salad bowl with the crisp leaves, from which the flowerhead has been plucked.

Her father`s daughter 1921
Fill your salad bowl with the crisp leaves, from which the flowerhead has been plucked.

Her Father's Daughter Gene Stratton-Porter 1893
Underneath the flowerhead of the Daisy is a green cushion, composed of bracts; in the

The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare Henry Nicholson Ellacombe 1868
It produces a flowerhead 8 inches across, composed of up to 100 pinkish-purple star-shaped flowers, each with a metallic sheen that is awe-inspiring.

SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter Erle Nickel 2011
Traditionally they have red flowerhead leaves, although you can also buy them in pink and greenish white, which are becoming popular alternatives.

icNewcastle 2009
These are more like a sanguisorba flowerhead and very un-thistlelike.

Life and style | guardian.co.uk 2008