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inflorescence

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˌɪnfləˈɹɛsəns/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: flower cluster

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An instance of a plant beginning to flower.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

the flowering part of a plant or arrangement of flowers on a stalk

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: flower, bloom, blossom

Narrower terms: flower head, catkin, ament, umbel, corymb, flower cluster, cyme, spike

4

noun

Meaning 4

the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: blossoming, flowering, florescence, anthesis, efflorescence

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

67 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: сукве́цце (sukvjéccje) — flower cluster
  • Bulgarian: съцве́тие (sǎcvétie) — flower cluster
  • Catalan: inflorescència — flower cluster
  • Chinese Mandarin: 花序 (huāxù) — flower cluster
  • Czech: květenství — flower cluster
  • Dutch: bloeiwijze — flower cluster
  • Dutch: bloemgestel — flower cluster
  • Dutch: bloeigestel — flower cluster
  • Esperanto: infloresko — flower cluster
  • Estonian: õisik — flower cluster
  • Faroese: blómuskipan — flower cluster
  • Finnish: kukinto — flower cluster
  • French: inflorescence — flower cluster
  • Georgian: ყვავილედი (q̇vaviledi) — flower cluster
  • German: Blütenstand — flower cluster
  • German: Infloreszenz — flower cluster
  • Greek: ταξιανθία (taxianthía) — flower cluster
  • Greek: ανθοταξία (anthotaxía) — flower cluster
  • Hindi: पुष्पण (puṣpaṇ) — flower cluster
  • Hungarian: virágzat — flower cluster
  • Ido: infloresenco — flower cluster
  • Indonesian: bunga majemuk — flower cluster
  • Italian: infiorescenza — flower cluster
  • Japanese: 花序 (kajo) — flower cluster
  • Kazakh: гүлшоғыр (gülşoğyr) — flower cluster
  • Korean: 꽃차례 (kkotcharye) — flower cluster
  • Korean: 화서 (hwaseo) — flower cluster
  • Latin: inflorescentia — flower cluster
  • Latvian: ziedkopa — flower cluster
  • Lithuanian: žiedynas — flower cluster
  • Macedonian: соцве́тие (socvétie) — flower cluster
  • Marathi: पुष्पविन्यास (puṣpavinyās) — flower cluster
  • Marathi: पुष्परचना (puṣparacnā) — flower cluster
  • Marathi: पुष्पगुच्छ (puṣpaguccha) — flower cluster
  • Marathi: पुष्पसंघ (puṣpasaṅgha) — flower cluster
  • Marathi: मंजिरी (mañjirī) — flower cluster
  • Marathi: पुष्पव्यवस्था (puṣpavyavasthā) — flower cluster
  • Marathi: फुलोरा (phulorā) — flower cluster
  • Marathi: पुष्पबंध (puṣpabandha) — flower cluster
  • Norwegian: blomsterstand — flower cluster
  • Polish: kwiatostan — flower cluster
  • Portuguese: inflorescência — flower cluster
  • Romanian: inflorescență — flower cluster
  • Russian: соцве́тие (socvétije) — flower cluster
  • Serbo-Croatian: цва̑ст — flower cluster
  • Serbo-Croatian: цва̑т — flower cluster
  • Serbo-Croatian: cvȃst — flower cluster
  • Serbo-Croatian: cvȃt — flower cluster
  • Slovak: súkvetie — flower cluster
  • Slovene: socvétje — flower cluster
  • Slovene: inflorescenca — flower cluster
  • Lower Sorbian: kwiśonkowy stołk — flower cluster
  • Upper Sorbian: kwětnišćo — flower cluster
  • Upper Sorbian: kwětnistwo — flower cluster
  • Spanish: inflorescencia — flower cluster
  • Swedish: blomställning — flower cluster
  • Ukrainian: суцві́ття (sucvíttja) — flower cluster
  • Urdu: پھولداری — flower cluster
  • Vietnamese: sự nở hoa — flower cluster
  • Bulgarian: цъфтеж (cǎftež) — beginning to flower
  • Finnish: kukinta — beginning to flower
  • Hungarian: kivirágzás — beginning to flower
  • Italian: fioritura — beginning to flower
  • Macedonian: расцветување (rascvetuvanje) — beginning to flower
  • Norwegian Bokmål: blomstring — beginning to flower
  • Polish: zakwitanie — beginning to flower
  • Russian: цвете́ние (cveténije) — beginning to flower
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