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How do you spell inflorescence?

Inflorescence is spelled I-N-F-L-O-R-E-S-C-E-N-C-E, ending -ence rather than -ense. The sc in the middle is the part most often dropped.

Letter by letter

I-N-F-L-O-R-E-S-C-E-N-C-E

Spelling note

Note the -sc- in the middle and the -ence ending. From flores, flowers.

What it means for meadow photos

An inflorescence is the arrangement of flowers on a stem: a spike, an umbel, a panicle. It is often more diagnostic than the individual flower.

Common misspellings

  • inflorescense → inflorescence
  • infloresence → inflorescence
  • inflorecence → inflorescence
  • influorescence → inflorescence

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