a large family of flowering plants that consists of over 32,000 known species in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales.
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asteraceae
Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for asteraceae.
Editorial note
A species is common in agricultural soils in California; other is often found in dead flower heads of ornamental Asteraceae (=family of the sunflower) like Chrysanthemum or Zinnia.
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a large family of flowering plants that consists of over 32,000 known species in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales.
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Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for asteraceae.
N
a large family of flowering plants that consists of over 32,000 known species in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales.
See also: compositae, aster-family, family-asteraceae, family-compositae
Example sentences
A species is common in agricultural soils in California; other is often found in dead flower heads of ornamental Asteraceae (=family of the sunflower) like Chrysanthemum or Zinnia.
The box shows a picture of an Asteraceae that fits well with Cichorium intybus, a vegetable cultured in temperate areas (from Europe mainly), and the colours of the Romanian flag.
Asteraceae is a spectacularly successful and very complicate family to classify the same time.
The occasional “ya prick!” or “asteraceae dungeon” remark and the signature sign-off are the icing, not the cake, and the poster is not suggesting that Joey should scrape off the icing.
I have to second this recommendation and add my favorite video[0] of his, "Kick Me In The Asteraceae, with Helianthus annuus," about sunflowers.
Benedict's thistle, blessed thistle, holly thistle and spotted thistle, is a thistle-like plant in the family Asteraceae, native to the Mediterranean region, [...].
In fact, I would say that even the mere fact that somebody knows a common English word to name all "orchids" kinda suggests that the family is not that diverse… Except, an even larger family is Asteraceae, and they probably look even more like each other.
Quote examples
The occasional “ya prick!” or “asteraceae dungeon” remark and the signature sign-off are the icing, not the cake, and the poster is not suggesting that Joey should scrape off the icing.
I have to second this recommendation and add my favorite video[0] of his, "Kick Me In The Asteraceae, with Helianthus annuus," about sunflowers.
In fact, I would say that even the mere fact that somebody knows a common English word to name all "orchids" kinda suggests that the family is not that diverse… Except, an even larger family is Asteraceae, and they probably look even more like each other.
Proper noun examples
Asteraceae is a spectacularly successful and very complicate family to classify the same time.
Benedict's thistle, blessed thistle, holly thistle and spotted thistle, is a thistle-like plant in the family Asteraceae, native to the Mediterranean region, [...].
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How do you use asteraceae in a sentence?
A species is common in agricultural soils in California; other is often found in dead flower heads of ornamental Asteraceae (=family of the sunflower) like Chrysanthemum or Zinnia.
What does asteraceae mean?
a large family of flowering plants that consists of over 32,000 known species in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales.
What part of speech is asteraceae?
asteraceae is commonly used as N.