noun Botany.
- an inflorescence consisting of a dense cluster of small, stalkless flowers; capitulum.
noun
- an inflorescence in which stalkless florets are crowded together at the tip of the stem
- A short, dense, indeterminate inflorescence of sessile flowers, as of composite plants or clover. See more at composite family.
- A very dense grouping of flower buds, as in broccoli and cauliflower.