composite
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- noun
- /kəmˈpɒzɪt/
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- Daisies and sunflowers are popular composite plants that create attractive displays in summer gardens.
Examples
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Among women, HIV risk composite scores were significantly correlated with alcohol use and having been sexually assaulted.
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A composite index was used to measure involvement in drug-related problems.
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This slow-moving mass of water houses a unique composite of ecosystems found nowhere else on Earth.
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What is unique about our work is that all the stories are true stories about real people and real situations, not hypothetical composites or fictional scenarios.
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CELF Core Language = Core Language Composite of the Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals Preschool (Wiig, Secord, & Semel, 2004).
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We performed further analyses to test the associations between the HIV risk composite and gender attitudes, rape myth acceptance, and sexual violence history, as well as commonly studied HIV risk-related factors (e.g., substance use and AIDS-related knowledge).
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The garden was filled with vibrant composite flowers, each resembling a single large bloom despite being made of many smaller florets.
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To identify a composite, count the small florets that form the densely packed flower head, which is a characteristic of this plant family.
Synonyms
A plant like a daisy or sunflower that has many small flowers grouped to look like one
Compounds
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4.4
A strong, light substance made by joining two different materials
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A whole number greater than one that can be divided evenly by a number other than one and itself
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A plant like a daisy or sunflower that has many small flowers grouped to look like one
A secondary school that accepts children of all abilities without exam selection
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An ancient Roman column style combining Ionic scrolls and Corinthian leaves
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Composite as a plant name comes from Latin com- 'together' and ponere 'to put' because a single sunflower head is really many little flowers 'put together'. That's why a composite plant looks like one flower but is actually a group of florets.