Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, having the appearance of being radiate: said of heads, as in some species of Centaurea, having some of the marginal flowers enlarged, but not truly ligulate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Having the marginal florets enlarged and radiating but not ligulate, as in the capitula or heads of the cornflower.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective botany Having the
marginal florets enlarged andradiating but notligulate , as in thecapitula orheads of thecornflower .
Etymologies
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radiate + -iform
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