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nounthe time and process of budding and unfolding of blossomstype of:
Definition that contains florescence
- ray a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence
- spike (botany) an indeterminate inflorescence bearing sessile flowers on an unbranched axis
- ament a cylindrical spikelike inflorescence
- catkin a cylindrical spikelike inflorescence
- peduncle stalk bearing an inflorescence or solitary flower
- flower cluster an inflorescence consisting of a cluster of flowers
- involucre a highly conspicuous bract or bract pair or ring of bracts at the base of an inflorescence
- rachis axis of a compound leaf or compound inflorescence
- corymb flat-topped or convex inflorescence in which the individual flower stalks grow upward from various points on the main stem to approximately the same height; outer flowers open first
- genus catasetum genus of tropical American orchids having showy male and female flowers usually on separate inflorescences