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Made up of distinct parts or elements; compounded; as, a composite language. Happiness, like air and water . . . is composite. Landor.

Compounded more than once; compounded with things already composite.

Not composite; uncompounded; simple. Incomposite numbers. See Prime numbers, under Prime.

leaves of the acanthus (Acanthus spinosus); -- used in the capitals of the Corinthian and Composite orders.

Chamomile; a genus of composite, herbaceous plants.

A strong metallic vessel, usually of wrought iron plates riveted together, or a composite structure variously formed, in which steam is generated for driving engines, or for heating, cooking, or other purposes.

A broad-leaved plant (Petasites vulgaris) of the Composite family, said to have been used in England for wrapping up pats of butter.

An annual composite plant of the Mississippi valley (Senecio lobatus).

univalve marine shell of the genus Rotella. -- Button snakeroot. (Bot.) (a) The American composite genus Liatris, having rounded buttonlike heads of flowers. (b) An American umbelliferous plant with rigid, narrow leaves, and flowers in dense heads. -- Button tree (Bot.), a genus of trees (Conocarpus), furnishing dura…

A genus of composite herbaceous plants. One species, Calendula officinalis, is the common marigold, and was supposed to blossom on the calends of every month, whence the name.

A genus of herbs (Anthemis) of the Composite family. The common camomile, A. nobilis, is used as a popular remedy. Its flowers have a strong and fragrant and a bitter, aromatic taste. They are tonic, febrifugal, and in large doses emetic, and the volatile oil is carminative.

A composite stone (quartz, schorl, and hornlende) in the walls of tin and copper lodes.

A thick head of flowers on a very short axis, as a clover top, or a dandelion; a composite flower. A capitulum may be either globular or flat. Gray.

A large genus of composite plants, related to the thistles and including the cornflower or bluebottle (Centaurea Cyanus) and the star thistle (C. Calcitrapa).

ng or covered with dry scales, as the under surface of certain ferns, or the disk of some composite flowers.

A mysterious composite being, the winged footstool and chariot of the Almighty, described in Ezekiel i. and x. I knew that they were the cherubim. Ezek. x. 20. He rode upon a cherub and did fly. Ps. xviii. 10.

A genus of composite plants, mostly perennial, and of many species including the many varieties of garden chrysanthemums (annual and perennial), and also the feverfew and the oxeye daisy.

Belonging to, or resembling, a suborder of composite plants of which the chicory (Cichorium) is the type.

A Linnæan genus of free-flowering composite plants, mostly from South Africa. Several species are cultivated for ornament.

The receptacle of the flowers in a composite plant; -- also called clinium.