Having in a capitulum large ray florets which are unlike the disk florets, as in the aster, daisy, etc.
To spread or move like rays or radii from a center.
With ray-flowers, radiating.
send out rays or waves; "The sun radiates heat"
send out real or metaphoric rays; "She radiates happiness"
cause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays; "The sun is radiating"
experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion; "She was beaming with joy"; "Her face radiated with happiness"
issue or emerge in rays or waves; "Heat radiated from the metal box"
to extend or spread from the center of an object in a ray-like pattern.
a composite flower consisting of a disc in which the florets are tubular.
wearing a spiky crown, symbolic of the sun-god Sol.
Wearing a crown of spiky rays, representing the rays of the sun.
decorated with rays, as in a radiate crown, a symbol of association with the sun gods, Helios and Sol. Also an indication of posthumous divinity of an emperor.
The radiate or Post-reform radiate (the actual name, like many Roman coins of this time, is unknown), was introduced by Diocletian during his reforms. It looked very similar to an Antoninianus even with a radiated crown, except it misses the XXI that numismatists believe was to represent 20 parts bronze to 1 part silver. The radiate had little or no content of silver.