inflorescence

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Inflorescence is either a raceme of spikes or, a lax or contracted panicle.

From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.

Common Elder: Foliage, Inflorescence, and Fruit Elder, a name given to different species of the genus Sambūcus, nat. ord.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various

Inflorescence ovoid or pyramidal Joe-Pye Weed, Eupatorium purpureum. 107b.

From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Gleason, Henry Allan

Inflorescence, the arrangement of flowers on the stem, 72.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa

Inflorescence is a term commonly applied to the mode of flowering—i.e. to the arrangement of blossoms on the stem and their relative positions to one another.

From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth