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inflorescence

English

Etymology

From Latin infl?r?scentia, from infl?r?sc? (I begin to flower), inchoative verb of fl?re? (I flower).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??nfl????s?ns/, /??nfl?????s?ns/

Noun

inflorescence (countable and uncountable, plural inflorescences)

  1. (botany) Flower cluster; a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches.
  2. An instance of a plant beginning to flower.

Hyponyms

  • (flower cluster): raceme, panicle, tassel, catkin

Translations

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wreath

English

Etymology

See writhe.

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: r?th, IPA(key): /?i??/
  • Rhymes: -i??

Noun

wreath (plural wreaths)

  1. Something twisted, intertwined, or curled.
  2. An ornamental circular band made, for example, of plaited flowers and leaves, and used as decoration; a garland or chaplet, especially one given to a victor.
  3. (heraldry) An appendage to the shield, placed above it, and supporting the crest; an orle, a torse. It generally represents a twist of two cords of silk, one tinctured like the principal metal, the other like the principal color in the coat of arms.
    Synonyms: orle, torse
  4. A defect in glass.

Translations

Verb

wreath (third-person singular simple present wreaths, present participle wreathing, simple past and past participle wreathed)

  1. To place an entwined circle of flowers upon or around something.
    • 1958, The Greek Anthology, p. 349:
      Old Nico wreathed the tomb of maiden Melitê.
  2. (transitive) To wrap around something in a circle.
    At the funeral, a circle of comrades wreathed the grave of the honored deceased.
  3. (intransitive) To curl, writhe or spiral in the form of a wreath.
    • 1816, Lord Byron, “Stanzas for Music,” 4,[1]
      Though wit may flash from fluent lips, and mirth distract the breast,
      Through midnight hours that yield no more their former hope of rest;
      ’Tis but as ivy-leaves around the ruined turret wreath
      All green and wildly fresh without, but worn and grey beneath.

Translations

See also

  • wreathe

Anagrams

  • rethaw, thawer, wahter, what're, wrathe

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