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