Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SEM'I-FLO-RET
SEM'I-DOUB-LESEM-I-FLOS'CU-LOUS
SEM'I-FLO-RET, n. [semi and floret.]
A floret whose corol consists of a single ligule, i. e. a single strap-shaped petal; as the florets of Leontodon Taraxacum, or dandelion. [Obs.] [This term is barbarous, and has not been in use since the Linnean era. Semifloscule is the correct term.]
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