Inflorescence Definition

ĭnflə-rĕsəns
inflorescences
noun
inflorescences
The arrangement of flowers on a stem or axis.
Webster's New World
The producing of blossoms; flowering.
Webster's New World
A flower cluster on a common axis.
Webster's New World
Flowers collectively.
Webster's New World
A solitary flower, regarded as a reduced cluster.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Inflorescence

Noun

Singular:
inflorescence
Plural:
inflorescences

Origin of Inflorescence

  • New Latin īnflōrēscentia from Late Latin īnflōrēscēns īnflōrēscent- present participle of īnflōrēscere to begin to flower Latin in- intensive pref. in–2 Latin flōrēscere to begin to blossom florescence

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin inflōrēscentia, from inflōrēscō (“I begin to flower”), inchoative verb of flōreō (“I flower”).

    From Wiktionary

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