Definition of: composite

(kəm·poz′it) adjective
1. Made up of separate parts or elements; combined or compounded.
2. Bot. Pertaining or belonging to a very large, cosmopolitan family (Compositae) of plants characterized by involucrate flower heads superficially resembling single flowers but typically composed of a central mass of disk florets surrounded by a fringe of ray florets.
—noun
1. That which is composed or made up of parts; a compound.
2. Bot. A composite plant or flower, as a sunflower, daisy, etc. [<L compositus, pp. of componere <com- together + ponere put. Doublet of COMPOST.]
—com·pos′ite·ly adverb
—com·pos′ite·ness noun