INFLORESCENCE


Meaning of INFLORESCENCE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌin-flə-ˈre-s ə n(t)s ]

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

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inflorescence 1a: 1 raceme, 2 corymb, 3 umbel, 4 compound umbel, 5 capitulum, 6 spike, 7 compound spike, 8 panicle, 9 cyme

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