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How to use inflorescence in a sentence

14 example sentences · noun

Inflorescence means a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a system of branches. Example: “The chestnut has an amentaceous inflorescence.”

More sentences with inflorescence

  • The chestnut has an amentaceous inflorescence.From the entry amentaceous
  • Such are, for example, the catkinlike inflorescences of Betulaceae, which are so similar to aments of Salix.2009, Armen Takhtajan, Flowering plants, page xvii. From the entry catkinlike
  • The umbellate inflorescence, fruit type, and parsleylike leaves make Apiaceae easy to recognize.1998, Ronald J. Taylor, Desert Wildflowers of North America, page 204. From the entry parsleylike
  • Scramblers and palms that climb with the aid of hook-bearing leaves or modified inflorescences (i.e.1991, Francis E. Putz, The Biology of Vines, page 77. From the entry scrambler
  • Occasional plants of var. viridulus have a synoecious inflorescence but are otherwise typical of the variety.1980, Anthony John Edwin Smith, Ruth Smith, The moss flora of Britain and Ireland, page 192. From the entry synoecious
  • Here the rachis is bent at the point of its origin, and thereby it produces pendulate inflorescence.1967, Kenjiro Fujii, Cytologia, page 447. From the entry pendulate
  • The inflorescence is some form of cyme, and the flowers are usually regular.1906, “Gentianaceæ”, in Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby, editors, The New International Encyclopædia. From the entry cyme
  • The tightly closed flowerheads of goldenrod are perfect for pinching off under the inflorescence and steaming or boiling like little broccolinis.2016, Briana Wiles, Mountain States Foraging: 115 Wild and Flavorful Edibles from Alpine Sorrel to Wild Hops, Timber Press, →ISBN. From the entry broccolini
  • Inflorescence a raceme of dichasial or scorpioid cymes, at times condensed into a dichasium of scorpioids or a simple scorpioid cyme.1938, Heber Wilkinson Youngken, A College Textbook of Pharmaceutical Botany, page 592. From the entry scorpioid
  • But sour and swee oranges have a number of characters in common -- small-panicled inflorescences, tight peel, whitish polyembryo, etc.1932, Taihoku Teikoku Daigaku. Ri-nogakubu, Memoirs, page 68. From the entry polyembryo
  • The aggregation of flowers into capitulate inflorescences is a character directly advantageous from the aspect of the biological function of cross-pollination.1912, New Phytologist. From the entry capitulate
  • Apparently nearest A. subandina Ule with longer petioles and paniculate inflorescence (Johnston) and the almost filiform caudation is sometimes nearly 3 cm. long.1951, Botanical Series - Volume 13, Issues 1-2, page 132. From the entry caudation
  • Ploidy levels of the regenerants were determined by flow cytometry or by detection of sterile and fertile plants as inferred by inflorescence, mature pollen grain production, and seed set.2015 September 26, “QTL Analysis of Head Splitting Resistance in Cabbage ( Brassica oleracea L. var. capitata ) Using SSR and InDel Makers…. From the entry regenerants
  • Dead inflorescences and infructescences are well worth collecting if no fresh material is available or if fresh material is only sufficient for a unicate or one duplicate.1986, John Dransfield, “A guide to collecting palms”, in Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, volume 73, number 1, page 167. From the entry unicate

Meaning of inflorescence

  1. noun A group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a system of branches.
  2. noun An instance of a plant beginning to flower.

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Questions about inflorescence in a sentence

How do you use inflorescence in a sentence?
Inflorescence is used as a noun. For example: “The chestnut has an amentaceous inflorescence.”
What is a short sentence with inflorescence?
“The chestnut has an amentaceous inflorescence.”
What does inflorescence mean?
Inflorescence means a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a system of branches.

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