1. [n]  a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts
2. [n]  considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers
3. [adj]  a modified Corinthian style of architecture (a combination of Corinthian and Ionic)
4. [adj]  used of color
5. [adj]  consisting of separate interconnected parts
6. [adj]  (botany) of or relating to or belonging to the plant family Compositae

1. \Com*pos"ite\ (?; 277), a. [L. compositus made up of
   parts, p. p. of componere. See {Compound}, v. t., and cf.
   {Compost}.]
   1. Made up of distinct parts or elements; compounded; as, a
      composite language.
            Happiness, like air and water . . . is composite.
                                                  --Landor.
   2. (Arch.) 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}.
   3. (Bot.) Belonging to the order {Composit[ae]}; bearing
      involucrate heads of many small florets, as the daisy,
      thistle, and dandelion.
   {Composite carriage}, a railroad car having compartments of
      different classes. [Eng.]
   {Composite number} (Math.), one which can be divided exactly
      by a number exceeding unity, as 6 by 2 or 3.
   

2. \Com*pos"ite\ (?; 277), n.
   That which is made up of parts or compounded of several
   elements; composition; combination; compound. [R.]
   

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