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in⋅flo⋅res⋅cence

  [in-flaw-res-uhns, -floh-, -fluh-]
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–noun
1. a flowering or blossoming.
2. Botany.
a. the arrangement of flowers on the axis.
b. the flowering part of a plant.
c. a flower cluster.
d. flowers collectively.
Origin:
1750–60; < NL inflōrēscentia < LL inflōrēscent- (s. of inflōrēscēns prp. of inflōrēscere to bloom. See in- 2 , flora, -escent, -ence

Related forms:
in⋅flo⋅res⋅cent, adjective
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in·flo·res·cence   (ĭn'flə-rěs'əns)   


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n.  

    1. A characteristic arrangement of flowers on a stem.

    2. A flower cluster.

  2. A flowering.


[New Latin īnflōrēscentia, from Late Latin īnflōrēscēns, īnflōrēscent-, present participle of īnflōrēscere, to begin to flower : Latin in-, intensive pref.; see in-2 + Latin flōrēscere, to begin to blossom; see florescence.]
in'flo·res'cent adj.
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