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inflorescence (iou)



inflorescence noun. M18.
[mod. Latin inflorescentia, from late Latin inflorescere come into flower: see IN-2, FLORESCENCE.]
Botany.
The mode in which the flowers of a plant are arranged in relation to the axis and to each other. M18.
DEFINITE inflorescence.
b. The flowers of a plant collectively. M19.
The process of flowering or coming into flower. E19.