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inflorescence vs flower head

flower head vs inflorescence

inflorescence and flower head both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
inflorescence Yes No No No
flower head Yes No No No
As nouns, flower head is a hyponym of inflorescence; that is, flower head is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than inflorescence:
  • inflorescence: the flowering part of a plant or arrangement of flowers on a stalk
  • flower head: a shortened compact cluster of flowers so arranged that the whole gives the effect of a single flower as in clover or members of the family Compositae
Other hyponyms of inflorescence include ament, catkin, umbel, corymb, flower cluster, cyme, spike.
inflorescence (noun) flower head (noun)
the flowering part of a plant or arrangement of flowers on a stalk a shortened compact cluster of flowers so arranged that the whole gives the effect of a single flower as in clover or members of the family Compositae
the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
Difference between inflorescence and flower head

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