Definition of: inflorescence

(in′flə·res′əns) noun Bot.
1. The act of flowering; the expanding of blossoms.
2. The mode of disposition of flowers: racemose and cymose inflorescence.
3. Flowers collectively: said of certain plants or of a tree or a group of trees: the inflorescence of the horse chestnut.
4. An axis along which all the buds are flower buds. [<NL inflorescentia <LL inflorescens, ppr. of inflorescere come into flower. See IN-², FLORESCENCE.]
—in′flo·res′cent adjective
INFLORESCENCE
a. Uniflorous (violet).
b. Many–flowered (prim-rose).
c. Terminal (sedum).
d. Axillary (black medic).
e. Ordinary (grape currant).
f. Variegate (grapevine).
g. Clustered (cherry tree).
h. Corymb (verbena).
i. Catkin (willow).
j. Simple umbel (ivy).
k. Compound umbel (parsnips).
l. Capitulum (large marguerite).
m. Cyme: biparous or dichotomous (chickweed).
noun Cyme: uniparous or scorpion's–tail (forget–me–not).