Definition of composite
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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..
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Lettuce ::
Lettuce (n.) A composite plant of the genus Lactuca (L. sativa), the leaves of which are used as salad. Plants of this genus yield a milky juice, from which lactucarium is obtained. The commonest wild lettuce of the United States is L. Canadensis..
Cichoraceous ::
Cichoraceous (a.) Belonging to, or resembling, a suborder of composite plants of which the chicory (Cichorium) is the type..
Complex ::
Complex (n.) Composed of two or more parts; composite; not simple; as, a complex being; a complex idea..
Thistle ::
Thistle (n.) Any one of several prickly composite plants, especially those of the genera Cnicus, Craduus, and Onopordon. The name is often also applied to other prickly plants..
Sneezeweed ::
Sneezeweed (n.) A yellow-flowered composite plant (Helenium autumnale) the odor of which is said to cause sneezing.
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..
Squamellate ::
Squamella (n.) A diminutive scale or bractlet, such as those found on the receptacle in many composite plants; a palea..
Senecio ::
Senecio (n.) A very large genus of composite plants including the groundsel and the golden ragwort.
Monophysite ::
Monophysite (n.) One of a sect, in the ancient church, who maintained that the human and divine in Jesus Christ constituted but one composite nature. Also used adjectively..
Hetercephalous ::
Hetercephalous (a.) Bearing two kinds of heads or capitula; -- said of certain composite plants.
Ironheads ::
Ironheads (n.) A European composite herb (Centaurea nigra); -- so called from the resemblance of its knobbed head to an iron ball fixed on a long handle.
Butterweed ::
Butterweed (n.) An annual composite plant of the Mississippi valley (Senecio lobatus).
Vase ::
Vase (n.) The body, or naked ground, of the Corinthian and Composite capital; -- called also tambour, and drum..
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..
Cocklebur ::
Cocklebur (n.) A coarse, composite weed, having a rough or prickly fruit; one of several species of the genus Xanthium; -- called also clotbur..
Thimbleweed ::
Thimbleweed (n.) Any plant of the composite genus Rudbeckia, coarse herbs somewhat resembling the sunflower; -- so called from their conical receptacles..
Cineraria ::
Cineraria (n.) A Linnaean genus of free-flowering composite plants, mostly from South Africa. Several species are cultivated for ornament..
Coreopsis ::
Coreopsis (n.) A genus of herbaceous composite plants, having the achenes two-horned and remotely resembling some insect; tickseed. C. tinctoria, of the Western plains, the commonest plant of the genus, has been used in dyeing..
Whiteweed ::
Whiteweed (n.) A perennial composite herb (Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum) with conspicuous white rays and a yellow disk, a common weed in grass lands and pastures; -- called also oxeye daisy..
Foveolate ::
Foveolate (a.) Having small pits or depression, as the receptacle in some composite flowers..
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