English noun: inflorescence | |||
1. | inflorescence (process) the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms | ||
Synonyms | anthesis, blossoming, efflorescence, florescence, flowering | ||
Broader (hypernym) | development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny | ||
2. | inflorescence (plant) the flowering part of a plant or arrangement of flowers on a stalk | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bloom, blossom, flower | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | ament, catkin, corymb, cyme, flower cluster, flower head, spike, umbel | ||
Part holonym | bract | ||