inflorescence

Meaning

Noun

• Flower cluster; a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches.
• An instance of a plant beginning to flower.

Related

Narrower meaning words

• raceme, panicle, tassel, catkin

Origin

• From Latin inflōrēscentia, from inflōrēscō, inchoative verb of flōreō.