{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Glossary","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary","author_name":"Glossary","author_url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/author\/adminglossary\/","title":"Ray flower - Definition of Ray flower","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Iplnhxw8x1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/ray-flower\/\">Ray flower<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/ray-flower\/embed\/#?secret=Iplnhxw8x1\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Ray flower&#8221; &#8212; Glossary\" data-secret=\"Iplnhxw8x1\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Ray-flower.jpg","thumbnail_width":800,"thumbnail_height":543,"description":"Ligulate flower, with corolla flattened and strap-like above a very short tube (e.g., the outer \"petal\" of a daisy, actually comprising a single flower in a composite head).The small, straplike flowers found on the heads of members of Asteraceae.The margin flowers on a composite head, usually sterile, that resemble single petals. (Example: the white \"petals\" of a Daisy.)In the sun flower family or Asteraceae, on of the flowers with a ligulate corolla.The strap-like, often sterile flowers (commonly called petals) surrounding the flower head (disk) of a plant in the Composite family, such as the yellow rays of Sunflowers or the purple rays surrounding the cone of Purple Coneflower.Flat, straplike flowers on a member of the composite family.The flowers on the flower heads of members of the aster family (Asteraceae) that have a single, strap-shaped corolla, resembling one flower petal; ray flowers may surround the disk flower in a flower head; or, in some species, such as dandelions, the flower heads may be composed entirely of ray flowers.In the Compositae family, a bilateral, straplike flower occurring around the edge of the disk."}