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🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

inflorescencia

Pronunciation / Transliteration: inflorescencia

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Inflorescence/ˌɪn.fləˈrɛs.əns/
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"La inflorescencia del girasol es muy compleja."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    The complete cluster of flowers in a plant, including stems, bracts, and flowers.

    "The intricate inflorescence of the orchid caught the botanist's attention."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Latin word inflorescentia, stemming from the verb inflorescere meaning 'to begin to flower' (from in- 'into' + florescere 'to flourish'). Adopted into English in the late 18th century as a botanical technical term to describe the complete system of flowers on a plant.

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