inflorescence

UK: /ˌɪnflɔːˈrɛsəns/

US: /ˌɪnflɔˈrɛsəns, -flə-/

US: (in′flô res′əns, -flō-, -flə-)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

in•flo•res•cence /ˌɪnflɔˈrɛsəns, -flə-/   n. [uncountable]

1. Botany a flowering or blossoming.
2. Botany flowers thought of as a group.

in•flo•res•cent, adj. See -flor-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

in•flo•res•cence  (in′flô res′əns, -flō-, -flə-), n. 

1. Botany a flowering or blossoming.
2. Botany
   • the arrangement of flowers on the axis.
   • the flowering part of a plant.
   • a flower cluster.
   • flowers collectively.

• Late Latin inflōrēscent- (stem of inflōrēscēns present participle of inflōrēscere to bloom. See in-², flora, -escent, -ence
• Neo-Latin inflōrēscentia
• 1750–60

in′flo•res′cent, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

inflorescence / ˌɪnflɔːˈrɛsəns/ noun

1. the part of a plant that consists of the flower-bearing stalks
2. the arrangement of the flowers on the stalks
3. the process of flowering; blossoming

Etymology: 16th Century: from New Latin inflōrēscentia, from Late Latin inflōrescere to blossom, from flōrescere to bloom

ˌinfloˈrescent adjective