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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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