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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

COMPOSITAE

Com *pos "i *tæ, n. pl. Etym: [NL. , from L. compositus made up of parts.See Composite. ] (Bot. )

 

Defn: A large family of dicotyledonous plants, having their flowers arranged in dense heads of many small florets and their anthers united in a tube. The daisy, dandelion, and asters, are examples.