any of the flowers around the margin of the flower head of certain composite plants, as the daisy or aster
also ray floret
ray flower
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ray flower
noun
Any of the small tubular flowers having a corolla with a long strap-shaped lobe, found in the flower heads of certain composite plants, as the units of a flower head of a dandelion or the marginal units of a flower head of a daisy. Also called ray floret .
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One of the narrow flowers, resembling single petals, that surround the central disk in the capitulum or flower cluster of a plant of the composite family (Asteraceae or Compositae),
such as the daisy or sunflower. Rays are often male flowers with sterile stamens. Also called ray
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