Meanings
plural inflorescences
- countableuncountablebiologyA group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a system of branches.
Synonyms: flower cluster
- countableuncountableAn instance of a plant beginning to flower.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a system of branches.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latininflōrēscentia
- Englishinflorescence
From Latin inflōrēscentia, from inflōrēscō (“to begin to flower”), inchoative verb of flōreō (“to flower”).
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian съцве́тие, цъфтеж
- съцве́тие (săcvétie)flower cluster
- цъфтеж (căftež)beginning to flower
Catalan inflorescència
- inflorescènciaflower cluster
Chinese Mandarin 花序
- 花序 (huāxù)flower cluster
Czech květenství
- květenstvíflower cluster
Dutch bloeiwijze, bloemgestel
- bloeiwijzeflower cluster
- bloemgestelflower cluster
- bloeigestelflower cluster
Esperanto infloresko
- infloreskoflower cluster
Estonian õisik
- õisikflower cluster
Finnish kukinto, kukinta
- kukintoflower cluster
- kukintabeginning to flower
French inflorescence
- inflorescenceflower cluster
German Blütenstand, Infloreszenz
- Blütenstandflower cluster
- Infloreszenzflower cluster
Greek ταξιανθία, ανθοταξία
- ταξιανθία (taxianthía)flower cluster
- ανθοταξία (anthotaxía)flower cluster
Hindi पुष्पण
- पुष्पण (puṣpaṇ)flower cluster
Hungarian virágzat, kivirágzás
- virágzatflower cluster
- kivirágzásbeginning to flower
Indonesian bunga majemuk
- bunga majemukflower cluster
Italian infiorescenza, fioritura
- infiorescenzaflower cluster
- fioriturabeginning to flower
Japanese 花序
- 花序 (kajo)flower cluster
Korean 꽃차례, 화서
- 꽃차례 (kkotcharye)flower cluster
- 화서 (hwaseo)flower cluster
Latin inflorescentia
- inflorescentiaflower cluster
Latvian ziedkopa
- ziedkopaflower cluster
Lithuanian žiedynas
- žiedynasflower cluster
Norwegian blomsterstand
- blomsterstandflower cluster
Norwegian Bokmål blomstring
- blomstringbeginning to flower
Polish kwiatostan, zakwitanie
- kwiatostanflower cluster
- zakwitaniebeginning to flower
Portuguese inflorescência
- inflorescênciaflower cluster
Romanian inflorescență
- inflorescențăflower cluster
Russian соцве́тие, цвете́ние
- соцве́тие (socvétije)flower cluster
- цвете́ние (cveténije)beginning to flower
Slovak súkvetie
- súkvetieflower cluster
Spanish inflorescencia
- inflorescenciaflower cluster
Swedish blomställning
- blomställningflower cluster
Ukrainian суцві́ття
- суцві́ття (sucvíttja)flower cluster
Urdu پھولداری
- پھولداریflower cluster
Vietnamese sự nở hoa
- sự nở hoaflower cluster
Cite this entry
inflorescence. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inflorescence
“inflorescence.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inflorescence. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inflorescence,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inflorescence.
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