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Webster 1913 Edition
Compositae
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Com-pos′i-tæ
,Noun.
pl.
[NL., from L.
compositus
made up of parts. See Composite
.] (Bot.)
A large family of dicotyledonous plants, having their flowers arranged in dense heads of many small florets and their anthers united in a tube. The daisy, dandelion, and asters, are examples.