made up of distinct parts or elements; compounded; as, a composite language.-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.-belonging to the order compositae; bearing involucrate heads of many small florets, as the daisy, thistle, and dandelion.-that which is made up of parts or compounded of several elements; composition; combination; compound.