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Definition of: anthodium
(an·thō′dē·əm) noun plural ·di·a (-dē·ə) Bot.
The flowering head of plants of the composite family: so called from the resemblance of the involucre to a calyx and of the ray florets, when present, to petals. [<NL <Gk. anthōdēs flowerlike <anthos a flower]
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