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Inflorescence Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ence

Inflorescence has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms

2

the flowering part of a plant or arrangement of flowers on a stalk

3

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.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
growth flower
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
flower head catkin umbel corymb flower cluster cyme spike
Rhyming Words
nce ance ince unce ence once vince sence ponce nance munce vance dunce hence bonce ounce nonce gance dance vonce
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