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Noun: compass flower
  1. Any of several plants having leaves so arranged on the axis as to indicate the cardinal points of the compass
    - compass plant

Derived forms: compass flowers

Type of: composite, composite plant

Part of: aster family, Asteraceae, Compositae, family Asteraceae, family Compositae

Encyclopedia: Compass flower