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infructescence vs ontogenesis

ontogenesis vs infructescence

infructescence and ontogenesis both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
infructescence Yes No No No
ontogenesis Yes No No No
As nouns, ontogenesis is a hypernym of infructescence; that is, ontogenesis is a word with a broader meaning than infructescence:
  • infructescence: the fruiting stage of the inflorescence
  • ontogenesis: (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
Other hypernyms of infructescence include development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogeny.
infructescence (noun) ontogenesis (noun)
the fruiting stage of the inflorescence (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
Difference between infructescence and ontogenesis

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