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inflorescence

Meaningburst into flower

Common meaning: cluster or arrangement of flowers on a plant

Journey through time

  1. Latininflorescere‘burst into flower’source
  2. Frenchmeaning shiftsburst into flower → floweringinflorescence‘flowering’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsflowering → cluster or arrangement of flowers on a plantinflorescence‘cluster or arrangement of flowers on a plant’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin inflorescere ‘burst into flower’.

Roots

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