Inflorescence
WordNet

noun


(1)   The flowering part of a plant or arrangement of flowers on a stalk
(2)   The time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
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Etymology


From inflorescentia, from inflorescere ("to begin to flower"), inchoative verb of florere ("to flower").

Noun



  1. flower cluster
  2. (eventual etymological fallacy) a beginning to flower
 
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