(Botany)the complete flower head of a plant including stems, stalks, bracts, and flowers (植)花序 ■the arrangement of the flowers on a plant 花序 ■[mass noun]the process of flowering 开花
语源
mid 18th cent. (denoting the arrangement of a plant's flowers): from modern Latin inflorescentia, from late Latin inflorescere 'come into flower', from Latin in- 'into' + florescere 'begin to flower'