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infructescence vs ontogeny

ontogeny vs infructescence

infructescence and ontogeny both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
infructescence Yes No No No
ontogeny Yes No No No
As nouns, ontogeny is a hypernym of infructescence; that is, ontogeny is a word with a broader meaning than infructescence:
  • infructescence: the fruiting stage of the inflorescence
  • ontogeny: (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, ontogenesis.
infructescence (noun) ontogeny (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 ontogeny

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