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inflorescence

in.flo.res.cence \.in-fl*-'res-*n(t)s\ \-*nt\ n [NL inflorescentia, fr. LL 
   inflorescent-, inflorescens, prp.]of inflorescere to begin to bloom, fr. L 
   in- + florescere to begin to bloom - more at FLORESCENCE 1a1: the mode of 
   development and arrangement of flowers on an axis  1a2: a floral axis with 
   its appendages; also : a flower cluster or  sometimes a solitary flower 1b: 
   a cluster of reproductive organs on a moss usu. subtended by a bract  2: 
   the budding and unfolding of blossoms : FLOWERING  - in.flo.res.cent aj