inflorescence
Meaning of inflorescence
noun
the complete flower head of a plant including stems, stalks, bracts, and flowers.
mid 18th century (denoting the arrangement of a plant's flowers): from modern Latin inflorescentia, from late Latin inflorescere ‘come into flower’, from Latin in- ‘into’ + florescere ‘begin to flower’.
Information about inflorescence
- It is a name.
- The plural form of inflorescence is: inflorescences.
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Hyphenation of inflorescence
in-flo-res-cence
- It consists of 4 syllables and 13 chars.
- inflorescence is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
inflorescence synonyms
Meaning blossoming:
blossoming, flowering, florescence, anthesis, efflorescence
Words that rhyme with inflorescence
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