Small, individual flower The ray and disc florets make up the compound flower in the Sunflower Family (Asteraceae), while the lemma, palea and included flower make up a floret in a grass plant See drawing of flower parts and drawing of parts of a grass plant
On vegetables such as broccoli and cauliflower, a floret is one of the small, flower-shaped pieces which make up the part of the vegetable that you eat
1) In grasses the unit composed of a lemma and palea and the small flower they enclose 2) In Asteraceae the individual small flowers of the head 3) Any very small flower of a dense inflorescence