headlet
/ˈhɛdlɪt/noun
A little or miniature head; (Botany ) each of the parts of a flowering plant that together constitute a compound inflorescence; an umbellule.
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in William Harrison (1535–1593), historian and topographer. From head + -let, in botanical use after classical Latin capitulum flower head of a plant.
- bender
- Bendigo
- bendiness
- bendlet
- bend one's elbow
- bend (or bow) the (or one's) knee
- bend (or fall or lean) over backwards
- bend over backwards
- bend sinister
- bend someone's ear
- bendy
- bendy bus
- beneath
- beneath contempt
- benedicite
- Benedictine
- benediction
- benedictory
- Benedict's reagent
- Benedict's solution
- Benedict, St
- Benedictus
- Benedict XVI
- benefaction
- benefactive