composite > define

noun

• A conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts.
  • usage: "the complex of shopping malls, houses, and roads created a new town"
  • synonyms: complex
• Considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers.
  • synonyms: composite plant

adjective

• Consisting of separate interconnected parts.
• Of or relating to or belonging to the plant family Compositae. .

• (n.) That which is made up of parts or compounded of several elements; composition; combination; compound.
• (v.t.) Belonging to a certain order which is composed of the Ionic order grafted upon the Corinthian. It is called also the Roman or the Italic order, and is one of the five orders recognized by the Italian writers of the sixteenth century. See Capital.
• (v.t.) Made up of distinct parts or elements; compounded; as, a composite language.
• (v.t.) Belonging to the order Compositae; bearing involucrate heads of many small florets, as the daisy, thistle, and dandelion.