inflorescence

• Substantivo que designa o modo de disposição das flores numa planta ou o conjunto de flores de uma planta; também pode referir-se ao processo de florescimento.

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.

   Floração

   • 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.

   Sinônimosanthesisbloomingblossomingefflorescenceflorescenceflowering

2. Flower clusterC1formalscientific

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

   Inflorescência

   • 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.