composite vs crown-beard

crown-beard vs composite

composite and crown-beard both are nouns.

composite is an adjective but crown-beard is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
composite	Yes	Yes	No	No
crown-beard	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, crown-beard is a hyponym of composite; that is, crown-beard is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than composite:

composite: considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers
crown-beard: any plant of the genus Verbesina having clustered white or yellow flower heads

Other hyponyms of composite include compass flower, compass plant, everlasting, everlasting flower, Anthemis cotula, dog fennel, mayweed, stinking chamomile, stinking mayweed, Anthemis tinctoria, dyers' chamomile, golden marguerite, yellow chamomile, Anthemis arvensis, corn chamomile, corn mayweed, field chamomile, Chrysanthemum maximum, Leucanthemum maximum, oxeye daisy, Chrysanthemum maximum maximum, Leucanthemum superbum, shasta daisy, Chrysanthemum lacustre, Leucanthemum lacustre, Pyrenees daisy, Chrysanthemum ptarmiciflorum, dusty miller, silver-lace, silver lace, Tanacetum ptarmiciflorum, golden buttons, scented fern, Tanacetum vulgare, tansy, crown beard, crownbeard.

composite (noun)	crown-beard (noun)
a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts	any plant of the genus Verbesina having clustered white or yellow flower heads
considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers

composite (adjective)	crown-beard (adjective)
of or relating to or belonging to the plant family Compositae
consisting of separate interconnected parts

Difference between composite and crown-beard

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