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Compositae [kəm′päz·ə‚tē] (botany) The single family of the order Asterales; perhaps the largest family of flowering plants, it contains about 19,000 species. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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These differences have been attributed by some authors to pressure, and the shape of the seeds in the ray-florets in some Compositae countenances this idea; but, in the case of the corolla of the Umbelliferae, it is by no means, as Dr. |
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