or COMPOSITOUS PLANTS, Plants in which the inflorescence consists of numerous small flowers (florets) brought together into a dense head, the base of which is enclosed by a common envelope. (Examples, the daisy, dandelion, &c.)
(kom-poz i-te) A large family of plants related to the campanulas but having small florets crowded together in heads on a common axis surrounded by bracts, this gives the appearance and function of a single flower.