inflorescence

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A true titan with the largest inflorescence on Earth it radiates an intoxicating perfume that has been described as a blend of dead fish, rotting cabbage and garlic.

From Salon • May 27, 2025

Its big pink inflorescence can last half a year.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2023

Phelps was thoroughly scientific about education — her botany text explains inflorescence, the classification of trillium, and the theory of metamorphoses of the organs of plants — but nature also inspired her.

From Washington Post • Dec. 21, 2021

In fact willow flowers are called “catkins” — a botanical term derived from the Old Dutch word for kitten, “katteken,” basically a long inflorescence packed with many tiny flowers.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2018

Stamens 4, mostly ascending; the anthers usually approximate in pairs.—Perennials, with mostly purplish or whitish flowers, produced all summer; inflorescence various.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa