inflorescence
(noun) the flowering part of a plant or arrangement of flowers on a stalk
blossoming, flowering, florescence, inflorescence, anthesis, efflorescence
(noun) the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
Source: WordNet® 3.1
inflorescence (countable and uncountable, plural inflorescences)
(botany) Flower cluster; a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches.
An instance of a plant beginning to flower.
• (flower cluster): raceme, panicle, tassel, catkin
Source: Wiktionary
In`flo*res"cence, n. Etym: [L. inflorescens, p.pr. of inflorescere to begin to blossom; pref. in- in + florescere to begin to blossom: cf.F. inflorescence. See Florescent.]
1. A flowering; the putting forth and unfolding of blossoms.
2. (Bot.) (a) The mode of flowering, or the general arrangement and disposition of the flowers with reference to the axis, and to each other. (b) An axis on which all the flower buds. Inflorescence affords an excellent characteristic mark in distinguishing the species of plants. Milne. Centrifugal inflorescence, determinate inflorescence.
– Centripetal inflorescence, indeterminate inflorescence. See under Determinate, and Indeterminate.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 November 2024
(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
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