Inflorescence

Word INFLORESCENCE
Character 13
Hyphenation in flo res cence
Pronunciations /ˌɪnflɔːˈɹɛsəns/

Definitions and meanings of "Inflorescence"

What do we mean by inflorescence?

A cluster of flowers arranged in a characteristic way on a stem. noun

The process of flowering. noun

A beginning to blossom; a flowering; the unfolding of blossoms. noun

In botany, the arrangement of flowers on the axis and in relation to each other. noun

See the adjectives. noun

In botany: noun

The portion of a plant devoted to reproduction, including the flowers, peduncles, rachides, general axes, flower-stalks, scapes, etc. noun

A flowering; the putting forth and unfolding of blossoms. noun

The mode of flowering, or the general arrangement and disposition of the flowers with reference to the axis, and to each other. noun

An axis on which all the buds are flower buds. noun

Determinate inflorescence. noun

Indeterminate inflorescence. See under Determinate, and Indeterminate. noun

Flower cluster noun

A beginning to flower noun

The time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms noun

The flowering part of a plant or arrangement of flowers on a stalk noun

Flower cluster; a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches.

An instance of a plant beginning to flower.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Inflorescence

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The word "inflorescence" in example sentences

Apart from the gathering odor, which can be strong and pungent, the maturing inflorescence is marked by a number of striking elements. ❋ Adrian Higgins (2010)

Flowers: Its crested inflorescence is ornately rippled and brilliantly colored. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The inflorescence is a spike-like panicle, with very short filiform inarticulate branches and rachises. ❋ K. Rangachari (N/A)

The inflorescence is usually a more or less contracted panicle with very slender branches. ❋ K. Rangachari (N/A)

When the spikelets are sessile or borne directly along an elongated axis as in _Enteropogon melicoides_ the inflorescence is a ❋ K. Rangachari (N/A)

The inflorescence is a simple slender curved spike. ❋ K. Rangachari (N/A)

The inflorescence is a panicle consisting of groups of dissimilar spikelets with compressed, boat-shaped spathes on peduncles. ❋ K. Rangachari (N/A)

But in grasses the unit of the inflorescence is the = spikelet = and not the flower. ❋ K. Rangachari (N/A)

The inflorescence is a spike bearing unilaterally turbinate clusters of spikelets which are 2-flowered. ❋ K. Rangachari (N/A)

The inflorescence is a leafy panicle of many small spikes enclosed in spathiform bracts. ❋ K. Rangachari (N/A)

The inflorescence is a spike-like raceme consisting of involucellate clusters of shortly pedicellate spikelets, involucels consist of unequal, simple or branched bristles. ❋ K. Rangachari (N/A)

The inflorescence is a narrow pyramidal raceme of slender, spreading or deflexed spikes. ❋ K. Rangachari (N/A)

"Our work helped demonstrate that spi1 in maize has evolved a dominant role in auxin biosynthesis, and is essential for what we plant scientists call inflorescence development -- the process in seed plants in which a shoot forms that supports the plant's flowers," he added. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The _leaf-sheaths_ are glabrous, usually all short except the one next to the inflorescence which is two or three times as long as the lower sheaths. ❋ K. Rangachari (N/A)

Every branch sooner or later terminates in an inflorescence which is a compound raceme. ❋ K. Rangachari (N/A)

A passing comma butterfly floated into view and settled on a yellow ragwort inflorescence, shuffled around until its outspread wings were angled perfectly to absorb the sun's rays and then uncoiled its tongue to feed. ❋ Unknown (2011)

At first it looks like a pineapple, with a winged tuft of foliage crowning the spike of flower, and the best time to catch them is when they have been out for a week and the flowers at the base of the inflorescence are already turning to seed. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Where some flowers warrant close observation of each individual, you have to look at the whole inflorescence with a eucomis to get the picture. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I grow a dark-leaved form called "Sparkling Burgundy" among the buttons of Potentilla "Gibson's Scarlet" and the inflorescence was already knee height and buzzing with life; three different types of bees on first count. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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