- aster ray
- noun
: one of the rays making up an aster (sense 3)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
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Ray — Ray, n. [OF. rai, F. rais, fr. L. radius a beam or ray, staff, rod, spoke of a wheel. Cf. {Radius}.] 1. One of a number of lines or parts diverging from a common point or center, like the radii of a circle; as, a star of six rays. [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ray floret — Ray Ray, n. [OF. rai, F. rais, fr. L. radius a beam or ray, staff, rod, spoke of a wheel. Cf. {Radius}.] 1. One of a number of lines or parts diverging from a common point or center, like the radii of a circle; as, a star of six rays. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ray flower — Ray Ray, n. [OF. rai, F. rais, fr. L. radius a beam or ray, staff, rod, spoke of a wheel. Cf. {Radius}.] 1. One of a number of lines or parts diverging from a common point or center, like the radii of a circle; as, a star of six rays. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ray point — Ray Ray, n. [OF. rai, F. rais, fr. L. radius a beam or ray, staff, rod, spoke of a wheel. Cf. {Radius}.] 1. One of a number of lines or parts diverging from a common point or center, like the radii of a circle; as, a star of six rays. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ray flower — n. any of the flowers around the margin of the flower head of certain composite plants, as the daisy or aster: also ray floret … English World dictionary
ray flower — noun small flower with a flat strap shaped corolla usually occupying the peripheral rings of a composite flower • Syn: ↑ray floret • Hypernyms: ↑flower, ↑bloom, ↑blossom • Part Holonyms: ↑flower head * * * … Useful english dictionary
aster — noun Date: 1664 1. [New Latin, from Latin, aster, from Greek aster , astēr star, aster more at star] a. any of various chiefly fall blooming leafy stemmed composite herbs (Aster and closely related genera) with often showy heads containing disk… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Aster tripolium — Taxobox | name = Aster tripolium image width = 240px regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Asterales familia = Asteraceae tribus = Astereae genus = Aster species = A. tripolium binomial = Aster tripolium binomial … Wikipedia
ray flower — noun Date: 1839 1. one of the marginal flowers of the head in a composite plant (as the aster) that also has disk flowers 2. the entire head in a plant (as chicory) that lacks disk flowers … New Collegiate Dictionary
Extraordinary ray — Ray Ray, n. [OF. rai, F. rais, fr. L. radius a beam or ray, staff, rod, spoke of a wheel. Cf. {Radius}.] 1. One of a number of lines or parts diverging from a common point or center, like the radii of a circle; as, a star of six rays. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
