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Inflorescence

//ˌɪnfləˈɹɛsəns// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a system of branches. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the flowering part of a plant or arrangement of flowers on a stalk wordnet
  3. 3
    An instance of a plant beginning to flower. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms wordnet

Etymology

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

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