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noun

Inflorescence n.

A flowering; the putting forth and unfolding of blossoms.

(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 buds are flower buds. "Inflorescence affords an excellent characteristic mark in distinguishing the species of plants."

Centrifugal inflorescence, determinate inflorescence.

Centripetal inflorescence, indeterminate inflorescence. See under Determinate, and Indeterminate.

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Etymology of 'Inflorescence'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... axillary. Generally, however, the flower-bearing portion of the plant is sharply distinguished from the foliage leaf-bearing or vegetative portion, and forms a more or less elaborate branch-system in which the bracts are small and scale-like. Such a branch-system is called an inflorescence. The primary function of the flower is to bear the spores. These, as in Gymnosperms, are of two kinds, microspores or pollen-grains, borne in the stamens (or microsporophylls) and megaspores, in which the egg-cell is developed, contained in the ovule, which is borne enclosed ...

— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 • Various