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Meanings of aster family in English

Portuguese
asteraceae
Catalan
compostes
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The second largest family of flowering plants, after Orchidaceae, in terms of number of species.

      asteraceae
      Synonyms
      Examples for "compositae"
      Examples for "compositae"
      1
      Mints, gilias, nemophilas, castilleias, and innumerable compositae were so crowded together that, had ninety-nine per cent.
      The Mountains of California
      2
      The most characteristic of the newcomers at this elevation above the sea are principally sun-loving gilias, eriogonae, and compositae, and finally forest-trees.
      The Mountains of California
      3
      They showed us a plant of the compositae order, twenty feet high (the Eupatorium laevigatum of Lamarck), the rose of Belveria,* (* Brownea racemosa.)
      Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of Amer...
      4
      In the Compositae, Cnicus palustris and acaulis are said by Sir J.E.
      The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species
      5
      I was struck with your remark about the Compositae, etc.
      More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 / A Record of His Work...
      1
      This species belongs to the Asteraceae family and is endemic to the Mediterranean region.
      Pubmed
      1
      Among these are (or were, for some of them are now extinct) forest trees belonging to the daisy family.
      The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
      2
      The wild slender button daisy , a small creeping member of the daisy family, was also rediscovered at Molesworth Station - by Wairau ranger Jan Clayton-Greene.
      Radio NZ
      1
      Jerusalem artichokes come from North America and are part of the sunflower family.
      The Irish Times
      2
      They arrived, all dirty and knobbly, looking more like a sad potato than a member of the sunflower family.
      The Irish Times
      3
      The advancing summer introduces many flowers of the sunflower family, until in August the plains are one blaze of yellow and purple.
      The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
      Usage of aster family in English
      1
      A widespread summer weed in the aster family; it is native to North America but has become invasive worldwide.
      Wicked plants
      Translations for aster family
      Portuguese
      asteraceae
      Catalan
      compostes