The main feature of the family is the composite flower type in the form of capitula surrounded by involucral bracts. The name " Asteraceae " comes from Aster, the most prominent generum in the family, that derives from the Greek ἀστήρ meaning star, and is connected with its inflorescence star form.

' Compositae ', an older but still valid name, means composite and refers to the characteristic inflorescence, a special type of pseudanthium found in only a few other angiosperm families.

Araceae are a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants in which flowers are borne on a type of inflorescence called a spadix.

A fig " fruit " is derived from a specially adapted type of inflorescence ( an arrangement of multiple flowers ).

The inflorescence type for members of this family is an umbel.

In other subfamilies the basic inflorescence unit is a type of zig-zagging cyme called rhipidium, which is enclosed in enlarged, opposed, bracts called spathes.

A raceme ( or ) is a type of inflorescence that is unbranched and indeterminate and bears pedicellate flowers — flowers having short floral stalks called pedicels — along the axis.

In botany, a spadix is a type of spike inflorescence having small flowers borne on a fleshy stem.

The genera within Alooideae have several morphological characters that can be readily distinguished in the field, namely the arrangement and type of leaf and inflorescence.

In reference to an inflorescence ( a shoot bearing flowers ), an indeterminate type ( such as a raceme ) has the flowers developing and opening from the base towards the growing tip.

) The concept of nationalism is the political principle that epitomizes and glorifies the territorial state as the characteristic type of socal structure.

It only means that there will be new form, and that this form will be of such a type that it admits the chaos and does not try to say that the chaos is really something else.

His name is Praisegod Piepsam, and he is rather fully described as to his clothing and physiognomy in a way which relates him to a sinister type in the author's repertory -- he is a forerunner of those enigmatic strangers in `` Death In Venice '', for example, who represent some combination of cadaver, exotic, and psychopomp.

The hero, who is himself, is represented as a pilgrim in the storied lands of the East, a sort of Faustus type, who, to quote from Professor Book again, `` even in the pleasure gardens of Sardanapalus can not cease from his painful search after the meaning of life.

But because it is the function of the mind to turn the one into the other by means of the capacities with which words endow it, we do not unwisely examine the type of distinction, in the sphere of politics, on which decisions hang.

Accordingly we may speak of the Platonism peculiar to Shelley's poems or the type of Stoicism present in Henley's `` Invictus '', and we may find that describing such Platonism or such Stoicism and contrasting each with other expressions of the same attitude or mode of thought is a difficult and challenging enterprise.

In the main stream of historical thinking is a group of scholars, H.M. Chadwick, R.H. Hodgkin, Sir Frank Stenton et al. who are in varying degrees sceptical of the native traditions of the conquest but who defend the catastrophic type of invasion suggested by them.

It is not as convenient as the old type toothbrush and the paste tends to shimmy off the bristles.

The rural land use study is being carried out under contract by the University of Rhode Island and identifies all agricultural land uses in the state by type of use.

This type of borrowing can be reduced to a minimum if quarterly installment payment of taxes is instituted and the first payment placed near the opening of the fiscal year.

It indicates the same thing but it is meant to pertain more specifically to establishments designed to cater to smaller type boats such as outboards.

Actually, the engine displacement formula is the standard formula for computing the volume of a cylinder of any type with an added factor that represents the number of cylinders in the engine.

Laguerre Hanover is outstanding in type and conformation -- good body, plenty of heart girth, stands straight on his legs on excellent feet -- and has the smoothest gait.

Fury is upstanding and on the rangy side, and Caper is more the compact type.

Torrid Adios ( Torrid-Adios Molly ) is not so masculine as most of the colts, but I like his type and he certainly is one of the best-gaited pacers on the grounds.

After notching it for the keelson, chines and battens, the half-inch plywood transom is secured to it with glue and the same type nails.

It is one of the very few, if not the only surviving bridge of its type to serve a main artery of the U.S. highway system, thus it is far more than a relic of the horse and buggy days.

New to the field is a duplex type butyrate laminate in which the two sheets of the laminate are of different color.

Still another approach to the changeable letter type of sign is a modular unit introduced by Merritt Products, Azusa, Calif..

The crowning achievement of naval artillery was the battleship, but the advent of airpower and missiles have rendered this type of artillery largely obsolete.

Learning how to ride a bicycle is an example of a type of neural plasticity that may take place largely within the cerebellum.

The efficiency of digestion is largely dependent on the type of food being eaten, while efficiency of utilization is affected by a variety of factors, including age, gender, body weight, hormone levels, and many more.

While some scholars attempt to suggest, like Melanchthon, that it is a type of theological treatise, this view largely ignores chapters 14 and 15 of Romans.

As a figure of 19th century fairy tales, the term gnome by the 20th century became largely synonymous with other terms for the " little people ", such as goblin, brownie, kobold, leprechaun, Heinzelmännchen and other instances of the " domestic spirit " type, losing its strict association with earth or the underground world.

The looser type of couplet, with occasional enjambment, was one of the standard verse forms in medieval narrative poetry, largely because of the influence of the Canterbury Tales.

" Although such similarities have given rise to arguments for the existence of a standardized system of urban layout and planning, the similarities are largely due to the presence of a semi-orthogonal type of civic layout, and a comparison of the layouts of Mohenjo-daro and Harappa shows that they are in fact, arranged in a quite dissimilar fashion.

How a think tank addresses these largely depends on how they work, their ideology vs. evidence credentials, and the context they operate in ( including funding opportunities, the degree and type of competition they face, their staff, etc.

In the 1298 book Zao Huozi Yinshufa ( 造活字印书法 / 造活字印書法 ) of the Chinese official Wang Zhen, there is mention of tin movable type, but this was largely experimental.

The question of whether a case should be determined by a jury depends largely on the type of relief the plaintiff requests.

Macrocyclic Disease: Developing a management plan for this type of disease depends largely on whether the repeating stage ( urediniospores ) occur on the economically important host plant or the alternate host.

Matlock had largely become, like Silverman and Hargrove's Perry Mason revival, a " movie-of-the-week " type series by its ninth season.

The first type " is largely stepwise in motion with many repeated note figures ," is frequently in minor key, and is " primarily sung in unison.

He stated that this type of code allows strong bonds between group members, who tend to behave largely on the basis of distinctions such as ' male ', ' female ', ' older ', and ' younger '.

UNESCO's World Heritage Centre notes the Old Bridge ( Pont-Vieux ), the Saint-Salvi quarter, the quarter's church, the fortified cathedral ( late 13th century ) in unique southern French Gothic style from local brick, the bishop ’ s Palais de la Berbie, and residential quarters, which help the Episcopal City of Albi form a " coherent and homogeneous ensemble of monuments and quarters that has remained largely unchanged over the centuries ... a complete built ensemble representative of a type of urban development in Europe from the Middle Ages to the present day.

Initially its product was largely flat-woven ingrain carpeting, an inexpensive type of carpeting, but over time it added more expensive weaves, such as three-ply ingrain and loop brussels.

These largely blue collar type service industries also share the primary economy with the more white collar industry of buying and selling real estate.

The type has become largely obsolete ; some stations were replaced by lighthouses as the construction techniques for the latter advanced, while others were replaced by large automated buoys.

In the early 21st century, articulated or nonarticulated, steerable multitrack tractors have largely supplanted the Caterpillar type for farm use.

The position of " mayor " present in this type of legislative body is a largely ceremonial title, and may be selected by the council from among its members or elected as an at-large council member with no executive functions.

Holy Living is largely concerned with questions of practical morality, of a type that have hardly changed from the 17th century to today.

Later works, created directly in the darkroom without the use of a camera and often largely accidental, ( i. e. “ Blushes ”, " Mental Pictures ", and “ Freischwimmer ”), present photography as a self-referential medium — one that could serve as an experimental ground for the creation of a new type of image structure.

The most basic type of meetings are all-comers track meets, which are largely small, local, informal competitions that allow people of all ages and abilities to compete.

In Western and secular culture, religious education implies a type of education which largely separate from academia, and which ( generally ) regards religious belief as a fundamental tenet and operating modality, as well as a prerequisite condition of attendance.

In the late 2000s, with auto manufacturers making efforts to reduce emissions ; and increase fuel efficiency due to the high price of oil and the economic recession, the proportion of new vehicles sold in the U. S. with four-cylinder engines ( largely of the inline-four type ) rose from 30 percent to 47 percent between 2005 and 2008, particularly in mid-size vehicles where a decreasing number of buyers have chosen the V6 performance option.