flower head

/ˌflaʊər ˈhɛd/
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Other forms: flower heads

Definitions of flower head
  1. noun
    a shortened compact cluster of flowers so arranged that the whole gives the effect of a single flower as in clover or members of the family Compositae
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    type of:
    inflorescence
    the flowering part of a plant or arrangement of flowers on a stalk
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