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Compositous   Listen
adjective
Compositous  adj.  (Bot.) Belonging to the Compositae; composite. (R.)






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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... Corydalis, is caused by the buds being closely pressed at a very early period of growth, whilst under ground, against each other and against the stem. Some botanists believe that the singular difference in the shape both of the seed and corolla, in the interior and exterior florets in certain compositous and umbelliferous plants, is due to the pressure to which the inner florets are subjected; but ...
— The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) • Charles Darwin



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