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Lactuca :: Lactuca (n.) A genus of composite herbs, several of which are cultivated foe salad; lettuce..

Nipplewort :: Nipplewort (n.) A yellow-flowered composite herb (Lampsana communis), formerly used as an external application to the nipples of women; -- called also dock-cress..

Senecio :: Senecio (n.) A very large genus of composite plants including the groundsel and the golden ragwort.

Tansy :: Tansy (n.) Any plant of the composite genus Tanacetum. The common tansy (T. vulgare) has finely divided leaves, a strong aromatic odor, and a very bitter taste. It is used for medicinal and culinary purposes..

Leontodon :: Leontodon (n.) A genus of liguliflorous composite plants, including the fall dandelion (L. autumnale), and formerly the true dandelion; -- called also lion's tooth..

Elecampane :: Elecampane (n.) A large, coarse herb (Inula Helenium), with composite yellow flowers. The root, which has a pungent taste, is used as a tonic, and was formerly of much repute as a stomachic..

Wormwood :: Wormwood (n.) A composite plant (Artemisia Absinthium), having a bitter and slightly aromatic taste, formerly used as a tonic and a vermifuge, and to protect woolen garments from moths. It gives the peculiar flavor to the cordial called absinthe. The volatile oil is a narcotic poison. The term is often extended to other species of the same genus..

Thimbleweed :: Thimbleweed (n.) Any plant of the composite genus Rudbeckia, coarse herbs somewhat resembling the sunflower; -- so called from their conical receptacles..

Capel :: Capel (n.) A composite stone (quartz, schorl, and hornblende) in the walls of tin and copper lodes..

Squamellate :: Squamella (n.) A diminutive scale or bractlet, such as those found on the receptacle in many composite plants; a palea..

Boiler :: Boiler (n.) A strong metallic vessel, usually of wrought iron plates riveted together, or a composite structure variously formed, in which steam is generated for driving engines, or for heating, cooking, or other purposes..

Mayweed :: Mayweed (n.) A composite plant (Anthemis Cotula), having a strong odor; dog's fennel. It is a native of Europe, now common by the roadsides in the United States..

Vaginula :: Vaginula (n.) One of the tubular florets in composite flowers.

Joseph''s Flower :: "Joseph's flower () A composite herb (Tragopogon pratensis), of the same genus as the salsify..

Ragweed :: Ragweed (n.) A common American composite weed (Ambrosia artemisiaefolia) with finely divided leaves; hogweed.

Decompound :: Decompound (n.) A decomposite.

Eupatorium :: Eupatorium (n.) A genus of perennial, composite herbs including hemp agrimony, boneset, throughwort, etc..

Composite :: Composite (v. t.) Belonging to a certain order which is composed of the Ionic order grafted upon the Corinthian. It is called also the Roman or the Italic order, and is one of the five orders recognized by the Italian writers of the sixteenth century. See Capital..

Composite :: Composite (v. t.) Belonging to the order Compositae; bearing involucrate heads of many small florets, as the daisy, thistle, and dandelion..

Sneezeweed :: Sneezeweed (n.) A yellow-flowered composite plant (Helenium autumnale) the odor of which is said to cause sneezing.

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