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Flosculous [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In botany, a flosculous flower is a compound flower, composed entirely of florets with funnel-shaped petals, as in burdock, thistle and artichoke. This is the term used by Tournefort. For this Linne used tubulous.

Flosculous [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Consisting of many gamopetalous florets.