What is "florets"

Usage examples of "florets".

What had seemed to be a cluster of florets was a much embellished thorax.

South of the Via Valeria the country was solid vineyard, a vast expanse of grapes grown inside small high-walled enclosures to protect them from the bitter winds which swept off the mountains at just that time of year when the tender grape florets were forming and the insects needed calm air to pollinate.