composite
Other forms: composites; compositely
A composite is something made up of complicated and related parts. A composite photograph of your family might have your eyes, your sister’s nose, your dad’s mouth, and your mother’s chin.
Composite comes from the Latin for "putting together." It can be used as a noun or adjective. If you and five friends put together a map showing all the places each of you has ever lived, you’ve created a composite. You could also describe it as a composite map of your lives. Composite is also the name of a family of plants that have many little flowers wound so densely together that it just looks like one flower.
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consisting of separate interconnected partssynonyms:complexcomplicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts
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a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts
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considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowerssynonyms: composite planttypes:compass flower, compass plantany of several plants having leaves so arranged on the axis as to indicate the cardinal points of the compasseverlasting, everlasting flowerany of various plants of various genera of the family Compositae having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or colorAnthemis cotula, dog fennel, mayweed, stinking chamomile, stinking mayweedwidespread rank-smelling weed having white-rayed flower heads with yellow discsAnthemis tinctoria, dyers' chamomile, golden marguerite, yellow chamomileEurasian perennial herb with hairy divided leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in North AmericaAnthemis arvensis, corn chamomile, corn mayweed, field chamomileEuropean white-flowered weed naturalized in North AmericaChrysanthemum maximum maximum, Leucanthemum superbum, shasta daisyhybrid garden flower derived from Chrysanthemum maximum and Chrysanthemum lacustre having large white flower heads resembling oxeye daisies; often placed in the genus ChrysanthemumChrysanthemum lacustre, Leucanthemum lacustre, Pyrenees daisyperennial of Portugal similar to the oxeye daisyChrysanthemum ptarmiciflorum, Tanacetum ptarmiciflorum, dusty miller, silver lace, silver-laceshrubby perennial of the Canary Islands having white flowers and leaves and hairy stems covered with dustlike down; sometimes placed in genus ChrysanthemumTanacetum vulgare, golden buttons, scented fern, tansycommon perennial aromatic herb native to Eurasia having buttonlike yellow flower heads and bitter-tasting pinnate leaves sometimes used medicinallycrown beard, crown-beard, crownbeardany plant of the genus Verbesina having clustered white or yellow flower headsAcroclinium roseum, pink paper daisy, pink-and-white everlastingflower of southwestern Australia having bright pink daisylike papery flowers; grown for dryingAnaphalis margaritacea, cottonweed, pearly everlastingan American everlasting having foliage with soft wooly hairs and corymbose heads with pearly white bractscudweedany of numerous plants of the genus Gnaphalium having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or colorHelichrysum bracteatum, golden everlasting, strawflower, yellow paper daisyAustralian plant naturalized in Spain having flowers of lemon yellow to deep gold; the frequent choice of those who love dried flowersstrawflowerany of various plants of the genus HelipterumLactuca scariola, Lactuca serriola, horse thistle, prickly lettuceEuropean annual wild lettuce having prickly stems; a troublesome weed in parts of United StatesHelichrysum secundiflorum, Ozothamnus secundiflorus, cascade everlastingshrub with white woolly branches and woolly leaves having fragrant flowers forming long sprays; flowers suitable for drying; sometimes placed in genus HelichrysumHelipterum manglesii, Rhodanthe manglesii, Swan River everlasting, rhodantheAustralian annual everlasting having light pink nodding flower heads; sometimes placed in genus HelipterumActinomeris alternifolia, Verbesina alternifolia, golden honey plant, golden ironweed, wingstem, yellow ironweedperennial herb with showy yellow flowers; the eastern United StatesVerbesina encelioides, Ximenesia encelioides, butter daisy, cowpen daisy, golden crown beard, golden crownbeardcoarse greyish-green annual yellow-flowered herb; southwestern United States to MexicoVerbesina helianthoides, gravelweedperennial herb with yellow flowers; southern and south central United StatesVerbesina virginica, Virginia crownbeard, frost-weed, frostweedtall perennial herb having clusters of white flowers; the eastern United StatesXeranthemum annuum, immortellemostly widely cultivated species of everlasting flowers having usually purple flowers; southern Europe to Iran; naturalized elsewheretype of:flowera plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
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of or relating to or belonging to the plant family Compositae
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divisible without remainder by at least one positive integer other than itself and one
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