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- In botany, a flattened or rounded head
- (inflorescence) of numerous, small, stalkless
- flowers. The capitulum is surrounded by a
- circlet of petal-like bracts and has the
- appearance of a large, single flower. It is
- characteristic of plants belonging to the
- daisy family Compositae such as the daisy
- Bellis perennis and the garden marigold
- Calendula officinalis; but is also seen in
- parts of other families, such as scabious
- Knautia and teasels Dipsacus. The individual
- flowers are known as florets.
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