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inflorescence is common a noun.  Its 4 syllables, in flo res ence, are pronounced in'flo RES ens.  There are 4 Botany definitions.

Definition 1 is:  The act of flowering; the expanding of blossoms.  Source:  Practical Standard Dictionary

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 Definition 2 is:  The mode of disposition of flowers.  Source:  Practical Standard Dictionary

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Definition 3 is:  Flowers collectively; said of certain plants or of a tree or a group of trees; as, the inflorescence of the horse-chestnut.  Source:  Practical Standard Dictionary

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Definition 4 is:  An axis along which all the buds are flower-buds.  There are two principal types:

Type 1 is the definite (centrifugal, cymose, descending, determinate).
Type 2 is the indefinite (ascending, botryose, centripetal, indeterminate).  Source:  Practical Standard Dictionary

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centrifugal is an adjective.  Definition 3 in Botany, part 1 is:  Developing from the center or apex outward, or toward the base; determinate.  Part 2 is: Turned from the center toward the side of the fruit, as a radicle.  Source:  Practical Standard Dictionary

cymose is an adjective.  In Botany, Definition 1 of 1 is:  Bearing, pertaining to, or like a cycme.  Source:  Practical Standard Dictionary

cycme is a noun.  In Botany, Definition 1 of 1 is:  A flat-topped flower-cluster.  Source:  Practical Standard Dictionary

botryose is an adjective.  In Botany, Definition 1 of 2 is:  In the form of a cluster of grapes.  Definition 2 is:  Racemose.  Source:  Webster's New International Dictionary

racemose is an adjective.  Definition 1 of 1 is:  Arranged in or as in clusters or racemes.  Source:  Practical Standard Dictionary

raceme is a noun.  Definition 1 of 1 is:  A centripetal or indeterminate flower-cluster in which the flowers are arranged singly on distinct, nearly equal pedicels at intervals on an elongated common axis.  Source:  Practical Standard Dictionary


The singular possessive of inflorescence is:  inflorescence's.  The plural of inflorescence is:  inflorescences.  The plural possessive of inflorescences is:  inflorescences'.

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