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Webster 1913 Edition

Flosculous

Flos′cu-lous

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Adj.
(Bot.)
Consisting of many gamopetalous florets.

Webster 1828 Edition

Flosculous

FLOS'CULOUS

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Adj.
[infra.] In botany, a flosculous flower is a compound flower, composed entirely of florets with funnel-shaped petals, as in burdock, thistle and artichoke. This is the term used by Tournefort. For this Linne used tubulous.

Definition 2024

flosculous

flosculous

English

Adjective

flosculous ‎(comparative more flosculous, superlative most flosculous)

  1. (botany) Consisting of many gamopetalous florets.

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