偽花
ぎか · gika
Pseudanthium, flower head
How it’s used
A technical botanical term for a structure that looks like a single flower but is actually a cluster of small flowers, encountered in plant descriptions, textbooks, or gardening references.
Example sentences
ヒマワリの偽花は多数の小花から構成されています。
The flower head of a sunflower is composed of many small florets.
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この植物の偽花は非常に複雑な構造を持っています。
The pseudanthium of this plant has a very complex structure.
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Pseudanthium, flower head.
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