inflorescence

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Etymology

From Latin inflōrēscentia, from inflōrēscō (“I begin to flower”), inchoative verb of flōreō (“I flower”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪnfləˈɹɛsəns/, /ˌɪnflɔːˈɹɛsəns/

Noun

inflorescence (countable and uncountable, plural inflorescences)

2. (botany) A group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a system of branches.

   Synonym: flower cluster

3. An instance of a plant beginning to flower.

Hyponyms

• (flower cluster): raceme, panicle, tassel, catkin

Translations

flower cluster

Belarusian: сукве́цце n (sukvjéccje) Bulgarian: съцве́тие n (sǎcvétie) Catalan: inflorescència (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 花序 (zh) (huāxù) Czech: květenství (cs) n Dutch: bloeiwijze (nl) f, bloemgestel n, bloeigestel n Esperanto: infloresko Estonian: õisik Faroese: blómuskipan f Finnish: kukinto (fi) French: inflorescence (fr) f Georgian: ყვავილედი (ka) (q̇vaviledi) German: Blütenstand (de) m, Infloreszenz f Hindi: पुष्पण (puṣpaṇ) Hungarian: virágzat (hu) Ido: infloresenco (io) Indonesian: bunga majemuk (id) Italian: infiorescenza (it) f Japanese: 花序 (ja) (かじょ, kajo) Kazakh: гүлшоғыр (gülşoğyr) Korean: 꽃차례 (ko) (kkotcharye), 화서 (hwaseo) Latin: inflorescentia f Latvian: ziedkopa f Lithuanian: žiedynas m Macedonian: соцве́тие n (socvétie) Marathi: पुष्पविन्यास (puṣpavinyās), पुष्परचना (puṣparacnā), पुष्पगुच्छ (puṣpaguccha), पुष्पसंघ (puṣpasaṅgha), मंजिरी (mañjirī), पुष्पव्यवस्था (puṣpavyavasthā), फुलोरा (mr) (phulorā), पुष्पबंध (puṣpabandha) Norwegian: blomsterstand (no) m Polish: kwiatostan (pl) m Portuguese: inflorescência (pt) f Romanian: inflorescență (ro) f Russian: соцве́тие (ru) n (socvétije) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: цва̑ст f, цва̑т m Roman: cvȃst (sh) f, cvȃt (sh) m Slovak: súkvetie n Slovene: socvétje n, inflorescenca f Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: kwiśonkowy stołk m Upper Sorbian: kwětnišćo n, kwětnistwo n Spanish: inflorescencia (es) f Swedish: blomställning (sv) c Ukrainian: суцві́ття n (sucvíttja) Urdu: پھولداری Vietnamese: sự nở hoa (vi)

beginning to flower

Bulgarian: цъфтеж (bg) m (cǎftež) Finnish: kukinta (fi) Hungarian: kivirágzás (hu) Italian: fioritura (it) f Macedonian: расцветување n (rascvetuvanje) Norwegian: Bokmål: blomstring m Polish: zakwitanie (pl) n Russian: цвете́ние (ru) n (cveténije)

See also

• infructescence

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin īnflōrēscentia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.flɔ.ʁɛ.sɑ̃s/ ~ /ɛ̃.flɔ.ʁe.sɑ̃s/, /ɛ̃.flɔ.ʁɛs.sɑ̃s/

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Noun

inflorescence f (plural inflorescences)

1. inflorescence

Related terms

• efflorescence
• fleur
• fleurir
• floraison
• infloraison

Further reading

• “inflorescence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.