inflorescencia

See also: inflorescència and inflorescência

Spanish

Inflorescencia

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin īnflōrēscentia, from Late Latin īnflōrēscō (“to be covered in flowers”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /infloɾesˈθenθja/ [ĩɱ.flo.ɾesˈθẽn̟.θja]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /infloɾeˈsensja/ [ĩɱ.flo.ɾeˈsẽn.sja]
• Rhymes: -enθja
• Rhymes: -ensja
• Syllabification: in‧flo‧res‧cen‧cia

Noun

inflorescencia f (plural inflorescencias)

1. (botany) inflorescence

Further reading

• “inflorescencia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014