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Floret

A grass flower, together with the lemma and palea that enclose it (often applied to flowers in Cyperaceeae and Asteraceae).

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floret
Plants; Botany

A grass flower, together with the lemma and palea that enclose it (often applied to flowers in Cyperaceeae and Asteraceae).

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A small flower, generally one of a dense cluster but an individual flower in members of families Poacea and Asteracea.

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A little flower; one of the numerous little flowers which compose the head or anthodium in such flowers as the daisy, thistle, and dandelion.

floret
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Technically a minute flower; applied to the flowers of grasses and Composites.

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The lemma, floral axis, and palea with the included flower (pistil, stamen, and lodicules) or caryopsis (floret with all parts).

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One of the central tubular flowers of a composite flower head.

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