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The inflorescence of a compound flower in which many florets are gathered into a involucrate head.

A description of flowers.

Resembling a flower; flowerlike.

The blue coloring matter of certain flowers. Same as Cyanin.

A fossil plant, like a petrified flower.

Pertaining to anthology; consisting of beautiful extracts from different authors, especially the poets. He published a geographical and anthological description of all empires and kingdoms . . . in this terrestrial globe. Wood.

One who compiles an anthology.

A discourses on flowers. [R.]

A extravagant fondness for flowers. [R.]

See Saint Anthony's Fire, under Saint.

Eating flowers; -- said of certain insects.

Lit., fond of flowers; hence, feeding upon, or living among, flowers.

The stipe when developed into an internode between calyx and corolla, as in the Pink family. Gray.

Flower bearing; supporting the flower.

A mineral of the hornblende group, of a yellowish gray or clove brown color. -- An`tho*phyl*lit"ic, a.

A description or definition contrary to that which is given by the adverse party. [R.]

The arrangement of flowers in a cluster; the science of the relative position of flowers; inflorescence.

The class of the Coelenterata which includes the corals and sea anemones. The three principal groups or orders are Acyonaria, Actinaria, and Madreporaria.

Pertaining to the Anthozoa. -- n.

Of or pertaining to the Anthozoa.