INFLORES'CENCE, noun [Latin inflorescens, infloresco, infloreo; in and floreo, to blossom.] 1. In botany, a mode of flowering, or the manner in which flowers are supported on their foot-stalks or peduncles. Inflorescence affords an excellent characteristic mark in distinguishing the species of plants. 2. A flowering; the unfolding of blossoms.
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