anthodium

English

Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek.

Noun

anthodium (plural anthodia)

1. (botany) The inflorescence of a compound flower in which many florets are gathered into an involucrate head.

Translations

the inflorescence of a compound flower in which many florets are gathered into an involucrate head

• German: Korb (de) m, Blütenkorb m
• Polish: koszyczek (pl) m
• Portuguese: antódio m

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “anthodium”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)