ray flower


noun Botany.

one of the marginal florets surrounding the disk of tubular florets in the flower heads of certain composite plants, as the daisy.
Also called ray floret.

Origin of ray flower

First recorded in 1850–55

Words nearby ray flower

British Dictionary definitions for ray floret

ray floret

ray flower


noun

any of the small strap-shaped flowers in the flower head of certain composite plants, such as the daisy Compare disc floret

Scientific definitions for ray floret

ray flower

One of the narrow flowers, resembling single petals, that surround the central disk in the capitulum or flower cluster of a plant of the composite family (Asteraceae or Compositae), such as the daisy or sunflower. Rays are often male flowers with sterile stamens. Also called ray ray floret