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Inflorescence

/in-flor-ES-ens/
🌸 Flower Parts●● Intermediate

Also known as: flower cluster

The arrangement of flowers on a flowering shoot or axis. Common types include raceme (unbranched with stalked flowers), spike (unbranched with sessile flowers), umbel (flower stalks from one point), panicle (branched raceme), and cyme (determinate branching).

Etymology

From Latin inflorescentia, from inflorescere (to begin to bloom).

Example

Hydrangeas produce large, showy inflorescences composed of many tiny individual flowers.

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