composite family

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• composite family — the large and varied plant family Compositae (or Asteraceae), typified by herbaceous plants having alternate, opposite, or whorled leaves and a whorl of bracts surrounding the flower heads, which are usually composed of a disk containing tiny… …   Useful english dictionary

• composite family — the large and varied plant family Compositae (or Asteraceae), typified by herbaceous plants having alternate, opposite, or whorled leaves and a whorl of bracts surrounding the flower heads, which are usually composed of a disk containing tiny… …   Universalium

• composite family — compos′ite fam ily n. pln a large and varied plant family, Compositae, typified by nonwoody plants having flower heads composed of a disk containing tiny flowers, the flowers at the rim extending one petal outward to form a surrounding ray:… …   From formal English to slang

• Composite — may refer to: Acting, Film, and Studio Composite card, a marketing tool for actors and especially models Composite character, a character in an adaptation of a work formed from two or more characters from the original work Digital compositing or… …   Wikipedia

• composite — compositely, adv. compositeness, n. /keuhm poz it/, adj., n., v., composited, compositing. adj. 1. made up of disparate or separate parts or elements; compound: a composite drawing; a composite philosophy. 2. Bot. belonging to the Compositae. Cf …   Universalium

• composite — com•pos•ite [[t]kəmˈpɒz ɪt[/t]] adj. n. v. it•ed, it•ing 1) made up of disparate or separate parts or elements; compound: a composite picture; a composite philosophy[/ex] 2) pln belonging to the composite family of plants 3) archit. (cap.) of or… …   From formal English to slang

• family — /fam euh lee, fam lee/, n., pl. families, adj. n. 1. parents and their children, considered as a group, whether dwelling together or not. 2. the children of one person or one couple collectively: We want a large family. 3. the spouse and children …   Universalium

• Composite Superman — Composite Superman, from World s Finest Comics #283, 1982. Art by Rich Buckler and Frank Giacoia. Publication information …   Wikipedia

• composite — [kəm päz′it] adj. [L compositus, pp. of componere, to put together < com , together + ponere, to place: see POSITION] 1. formed of distinct parts; compound 2. [C ] designating or of a classical Roman order of architecture, in which the scroll… …   English World dictionary

• Composite bow — Reconstruction of a Ming dynasty Kaiyuan bow by Chinese bowyer Gao Xiang. This is a horn, bamboo, sinew composite …   Wikipedia

• Composite film — A composite film is a feature film whose screenplay is composed of two or more distinct stories. More generally, composite structure refers to an aesthetic principle in which the narrative structure relies on contiguity and linking rather than… …   Wikipedia