noun. A small or reduced flower, especially one in a spikelet of a grass or sedge or in a flower head of a plant of the composite family.

noun. Any of the tight, branched clusters of flower buds that together form a head of cauliflower or broccoli.

noun. A small flower in a cluster or in a compact inflorescence, as in the so-called compound flower of the Compositæ, or in the spikelet of grasses.

noun. A fencing-sword with a button on the point; a foil.

noun. In silk-manuf., a yarn or floss spun from the first and purest of the waste, and of higher quality than the noil yarn.

noun. A little flower; one of the numerous little flowers which compose the head or anthodium in such flowers as the daisy, thistle, and dandelion.

noun. A foil; a blunt sword used in fencing.

noun. A small flower, especially one of a cluster in a composite flower

noun. a diminutive flower (especially one that is part of a composite flower)

"We can gain a grasp of this wonder of structure from a seed of groundsel or a sparrow's feather picked up in the street; for a spray of plumy meadowsweet or one dandelion floret is a poem in itself, and the sand particle is complex, curiously fashioned and polished."

bloom  blossom  flower  

Anni  abeo  adspectu  aetatis  amatur  

foil