n.
Pronunciation: ˌ in-fl ə - ' re-s ə n(t)s
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin inflorescentia, from Late Latin inflorescent-, inflorescens, present participle of inflorescere to begin to bloom, from Latin in- + florescere to begin to bloom ― more at FLORESCENCE
Date: 1760
1 a : the mode of development and arrangement of flowers on an axis b : a floral axis with its appendages also : a flower cluster
2 : the budding and unfolding of blossoms : FLOWERING
inflorescence 1a: 1 raceme, 2 corymb, 3 umbel, 4 compound umbel, 5 capitulum, 6 spike, 7 compound spike, 8 panicle, 9 cyme