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compass flower

DEFINITIONS OF: compass flower

1

n any of several plants having leaves so arranged on the axis as to indicate the cardinal points of the compass

Synonyms:
compass plant
Types:
Lactuca scariola, Lactuca serriola, horse thistle, prickly lettuce
European annual wild lettuce having prickly stems; a troublesome weed in parts of United States
Silphium laciniatum, rosinweed
North American perennial having a resinous odor and yellow flowers
Type of:
composite, composite plant
considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers
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