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English
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)
- (botany) Flower cluster; a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches.
- An instance of a plant beginning to flower.
Hyponyms
Translations
flower cluster
- Belarusian: сукве́цце n (sukvjéccje)
- Bulgarian: съцве́тие n (sǎcvétie)
- Catalan: inflorescència 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)
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See also
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin īnflōrēscentia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃.flɔ.ʁɛ.sɑ̃s/, /ɛ̃.flɔ.ʁe.sɑ̃s/, /ɛ̃.flɔ.ʁɛs.sɑ̃s/
Noun
inflorescence f (plural inflorescences)
- inflorescence
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