inflorescence (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 2 senses of the word *inflorescence*:
NOUN	process	inflorescence, blossoming, flowering, florescence, anthesis, efflorescence	the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
plant	inflorescence	the flowering part of a plant or arrangement of flowers on a stalk

English > *inflorescence*: 2 senses > noun 1, process
Meaning	The time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms.
Synonyms	blossoming, flowering, florescence, anthesis, efflorescence
Broader	growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis	(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically
Spanish	antesis, floración, florecimiento
Catalan	antesi

English > *inflorescence*: 2 senses > noun 2, plant
Meaning	The flowering part of a plant or arrangement of flowers on a stalk.
Parts	bract	A modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence
Narrower	catkin, ament	A cylindrical spikelike inflorescence
	corymb	flat-topped or convex inflorescence in which the individual flower stalks grow upward from various points on the main stem to approximately the same height
	cyme	More or less flat-topped cluster of flowers in which the central or terminal flower opens first
	flower cluster	An inflorescence consisting of a cluster of flowers
	flower head	A shortened compact cluster of flowers so arranged that the whole gives the effect of a single flower as in clover or members of the family Compositae
	spike	(botany) an indeterminate inflorescence bearing sessile flowers on an unbranched axis
	umbel	flat-topped or rounded inflorescence characteristic of the family Umbelliferae in which the individual flower stalks arise from about the same point
Broader	flower, bloom, blossom	reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts
Spanish	inflorescencia
Catalan	inflorescencia, inflorescència

HyperDic: inflorescence