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The flowering part of a plant or arrangement of flowers on a stalk
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inflorescence
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Inflorescence \In`flo*res"cence\, n. [L. inflorescens, p. pr. of inflorescere to begin to blossom; pref. in- in + florescere to begin to blossom: cf. F. inflorescence. See Florescent .] A flowering; the putting forth and unfolding of blossoms. (Bot.) The ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context botany English) flower cluster. 2 A beginning to flower.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically , it is the part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed and which is accordingly ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms [syn: blossoming , flowering , florescence , anthesis , efflorescence ] the flowering part of a plant or arrangement of flowers on a stalk
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1760, from Modern Latin inflorescentia , from Late Latin inflorescentem (nominative inflorescens ) "flowering," present participle of Latin inflorescere "to come to flower," from in- "in" (see in- (2)) + florescere "to begin to bloom" (see flourish ).
Usage examples of inflorescence.
The hapless fly is impaled with an inch or two of the flowering spike of blady grass to which a portion of the white inflorescence adheres, and is released.
In this country it cannot so easily be cultivated in the open as the common Lavender, to which it has a very close similarity, but from which it can be distinguished by the inflorescence, which is more compressed, by the bracts in the axils of which the flowers are placed being much narrower and by the leaves which are broader and spatula shaped.
Between them sprouted tiny inflorescences, pale green like the phosphorescence on rotting corpses.