noun
- a flowering or blossoming.
- Botany.
- the arrangement of flowers on the axis.
- the flowering part of a plant.
- a flower cluster.
- flowers collectively.
noun
- the part of a plant that consists of the flower-bearing stalks
- the arrangement of the flowers on the stalks
- the process of flowering; blossoming
1760, from Modern Latin inflorescentia, from Late Latin inflorescentem (nominative inflorescens) “flowering,” present participle of Latin inflorescere “to come to flower,” from in- “in” (see in- (2)) + florescere “to begin to bloom” (see flourish).
- A group of flowers growing from a common stem, often in a characteristic arrangement. Also called flower cluster