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inflorescence

/ˌɪn.flɔːˈres.əns/

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noun

/ˌɪn.flɔːˈres.əns/C2formalscientific
  • ruСуществительное, обозначающее процесс цветения или расположение цветков на стебле растения.

A noun referring to the process of flowering or the arrangement of flowers on a plant's stem.

  1. Budding processC1formalscientific

    The period and process during which flowers emerge and open from buds.

    ruЦветение

    • The inflorescence of cherry trees occurs in early spring.
    • Botanists study the timing of inflorescence to understand plant cycles.
    • A warm winter can delay the inflorescence of many perennial plants.

    Synonymsanthesisbloomingblossomingefflorescenceflorescenceflowering

  2. Flower clusterC1formalscientific

    A group or arrangement of flowers growing on a main stalk or axis of a plant.

    ruСоцветие

    • The sunflower's inflorescence is a large composite head.
    • This plant has a spike-shaped inflorescence with small white flowers.
    • The inflorescence of the orchid is a beautiful raceme of blooms.
Forms
  • inflorescences plural form
  • inflorescences' possessive plural form
  • inflorescence's possessive singular form
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