compound inflorescence

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• Inflorescence — of Anthurium scherzerianum. An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Strictly, it is the part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are… …   Wikipedia

• compound raceme — noun : panicle * * * compound raceme, Botany. an indeterminate inflorescence occurring when a raceme becomes irregularly compound; panicle …   Useful english dictionary

• Definite inflorescence — Definite Def i*nite, a. [L. definitis, p. p. of definire: cf. F. d[ e]fini. See {Define}.] 1. Having certain or distinct; determinate in extent or greatness; limited; fixed; as, definite dimensions; a definite measure; a definite period or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• raceme — /rəˈsim / (say ruh seem), /ˈreɪsim / (say rayseem) noun 1. a simple indeterminate inflorescence in which the flowers are borne on short pedicels lying along a common axis, as in the lily of the valley. 2. a compound inflorescence in which the… …  

• raceme — racemed, adj. /ray seem , reuh /, n. Bot. 1. a simple indeterminate inflorescence in which the flowers are borne on short pedicels lying along a common axis, as in the lily of the valley. See illus. under inflorescence. 2. a compound… …   Universalium

• Eriogonum ursinum — Taxobox name = Eriogonum ursinum image width = 260px regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Caryophyllales familia = Polygonaceae genus = Eriogonum species = E. ursinum binomial = Eriogonum ursinum binomial… …   Wikipedia

• spikelet — noun Date: 1793 a small or secondary spike; specifically one of the small few flowered bracted spikes that make up the compound inflorescence of a grass or sedge …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• involucel — noun An involucre that forms at the base of a flower cluster within a compound inflorescence …   Wiktionary

• capitulescence — noun A compound inflorescence made of capitula instead of individual flowers …   Wiktionary

• spike|let — «SPY kliht», noun. a small spike or flower cluster, especially a small spike in the compound inflorescence of grasses or sedges …   Useful english dictionary

• angiosperm — /an jee euh sperrm /, n. Bot. a plant having its seeds enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant. Cf. gymnosperm. [ANGIO + SPERM] * * * ▪ plant Introduction       any member of the more than 300,000 species of flowering plants (division Anthophyta) …   Universalium