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flower cluster

DEFINITIONS OF: flower cluster

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n an inflorescence consisting of a cluster of flowers

Types:
raceme
usually elongate cluster of flowers along the main stem in which the flowers at the base open first
thyrse, thyrsus
a dense flower cluster (as of the lilac or horse chestnut) in which the main axis is racemose and the branches are cymose
panicle
compound raceme or branched cluster of flowers
Type of:
inflorescence
the flowering part of a plant or arrangement of flowers on a stalk
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