inflorescence Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
    efflorescence; blossoming; florescence; anthesis; flowering.
  2. noun the flowering part of a plant or arrangement of flowers on a stalk

WordNet

In`flo*res"cence noun
Etymology
L. inflorescens, p.pr. of inflorescere to begin to blossom; pref. in- in + florescere to begin to blossom: cf.F. inflorescence. See Florescent.
Definitions
  1. A flowering; the putting forth and unfolding of blossoms.
  2. (Bot.) (a) The mode of flowering, or the general arrangement and disposition of the flowers with reference to the axis, and to each other. (b) An axis on which all the flower buds.
    Inflorescence affords an excellent characteristic mark in distinguishing the species of plants. Milne.

Webster 1913