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Definition: Compositae |
CompositaeNoun1. Plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Compositae" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1839. (references) |
Etymology: Compositae \Com*pos"i*t[ae]\, plural noun. [New Latin expression, from the Latin expression compositus made up of parts. See Composite.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: CompositaeSynonyms: aster family (n), family Asteraceae (n), family Compositae (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Compositae |
| English words defined with "Compositae": Ambrosiaceae, Asteridae ♦ Campanulales, composite, Compositous ♦ everlasting, everlasting flower ♦ family Ambrosiaceae, flower head ♦ genus Onopordon, genus Onopordum, genus Taraxacum ♦ Ligule ♦ Onopordon, Onopordum, order Campanulales ♦ pappus ♦ subclass Asteridae, Synanthrose ♦ Taraxacum, thistle. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Compositae": dermatitis venenata ♦ plant dermatitis. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Compositae" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Latin (composite family, composites). |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Compositae" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 83.33% of the time. "Compositae" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 83.33% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Noun (plural) | 16.67% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 6 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "Compositae": family Compositae. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
compositae | 7 |
compositae map | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "Compositae"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Finnish | asterikasvit (asteraceae, daisy family). (various references) | ||||
French | composales, composées, Composée (composite), asteracées. (various references) | ||||
Greek | σύνθετα (asteraceae, composite family, composites, daisy family). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | ompositaecay | ||||
| Words rhyming with "Compositae" (pronounced 'Com*pos"i*t[ae]'): Abacinate, Abalienate, Abderite, Aberrate, Aberuncate, Abietite, Abirritate, Abjudicate, Abjugate, Ablactate, Ablaqueate, Abligate, Abnegate, Abnodate, Abominate, Abranchiata, Abranchiate, Absinthate, Absinthiate, Absquatulate, Acaudate, Accelerate, Accentuate, Accite, Acclimate, Accorporate, Accriminate, Accurate, Acerbate, Acetate, Achiote, Achlamydate, Aciculite, Acidulate, Acolyte, Aconite, Acquisite, Acrita, Acrite, Activate, Aculeate, Aculeolate, Acutifoliate, Acutilobate, Adamite, Adiaphorite, Adipocerate, Adjugate, Adjute, Admarginate. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-m-o-o-p-s-t" | |
-1 letter: composite. | |
-2 letters: apomicts, campiest, campsite, comatose, compotes, ectopias, ipomoeas, scotopia. | |
-3 letters: amosite, apomict, aseptic, atomics, atomies, atomise, atopies, capotes, coempts, comates, compose, compost, compote, cooties, ectopia, impacts, impaste, impasto, ipomoea, isotope, metopic, mopiest, oomiacs, opiates, optimes, osmatic, osmotic, osteoma, pastime, poetics, pomaces, potamic, psoatic, scotoma, sematic, somatic, spicate, toecaps. | |
-4 letters: amices, apices, aspect, atomic. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-i-m-o-o-p-s-t" | |
+2 letters: compensation. | |
+3 letters: anisometropic, compassionate, compellations, compensations, complexations. | |
+4 letters: actinomorphies, compassionated, compassionates, compensational, contemplations, contemporaries, decompensation, recompilations, recomputations. | |
+5 letters: compassionately, computerphobias, decompensations, decomposability, epistemological, intercomparison, overcomplicates, posthemorrhagic, pronunciamentos, prostatectomies, ultramicroscope, uncompassionate. | |
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