inflorescence : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: inflorescence	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inflorescence n the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms Synonym(s): blossoming, flowering, florescence, inflorescence, anthesis, efflorescence the flowering part of a plant or arrangement of flowers on a stalk
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inflorescence \In`flores"cence\, n. [L. inflorescens, p. pr. of inflorescere to begin to blossom; pref. in- in + florescere to begin to blossom: cf.F. inflorescence. See {Florescent}.] 1. A flowering; the putting forth and unfolding of blossoms. 2. (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 flower buds. Inflorescence* affords an excellent characteristic mark in distinguishing the species of plants. --Milne. {Centrifugal inflorescence}, determinate inflorescence. {Centripetal inflorescence}, indeterminate inflorescence. See under {Determinate}, and {Indeterminate}.