inflorescence

American  

[in-flaw-res-uhns, -floh-, -fluh-] / ˌɪn flɔˈrɛs əns, -floʊ-, -flə- /

noun

1. a flowering or blossoming.

2. Botany.

   1. the arrangement of flowers on the axis.

   2. the flowering part of a plant.

   3. a flower cluster.

   4. flowers collectively.

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inflorescence British  

/ ˌɪnflɔːˈrɛsəns /

noun

1. the part of a plant that consists of the flower-bearing stalks

2. the arrangement of the flowers on the stalks

3. the process of flowering; blossoming

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inflorescence Scientific  

/ ĭn′flə-rĕs′əns /

1. A group of flowers growing from a common stem, often in a characteristic arrangement.

2. Also called flower cluster

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Other Word Forms

• inflorescent
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of inflorescence

First recorded in 1750–60; from New Latin inflōrēscentia, from Late Latin inflōrēscent- (stem of inflōrēscēns present participle of inflōrēscere “to bloom ¹; ” see in- ², flora, -escent, -ence

Example Sentences

Inflorescence a raceme, spikelets 2- to 3-flowered, turbinate; glumes single-awned.

From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.

Determinate Inflorescence is that in which the flowers are from terminal buds.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa

Inflorescence cylindric, continuous and not interrupted, with six to twelve bristles in the involucel 1.

From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.

Inflorescence of Polyanthus, with tufts of leaves at the summit 105  53.

From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.

Inflorescence chiefly terminal, panicled 2, in COMPOSITAE, p.

From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Gleason, Henry Allan

Related Words

• blossom
• herb
• perennial
• vine