1. a dense flower head consisting of many small flowers arranged on a common receptacle, as in daisies and sunflowers
Usage: botanical

Examples

• The sunflower’s anthodium contains hundreds of tiny individual flowers.
• Each daisy displays a typical anthodium structure with ray and disk flowers.
• The botanist examined the anthodium under a microscope to count the florets.
• Composite flowers are characterized by their anthodium arrangement.
• The anthodium of a dandelion consists entirely of ligulate flowers.
• Students learned to identify the anthodium as a key feature of the Asteraceae family.