noun
racemose inflorescence
Botanical term for any indeterminate simple inflorescence with a central axis bearing flowers on stalks. Contrasts with 集散花序 (cymose inflorescence).
See also: 集散花序
フジの花は総穂花序の代表例です。
Wisteria flowers are a typical example of racemose inflorescence.
集散花序 is a cymose inflorescence (determinate), while 総穂花序 is racemose (indeterminate).
Compound of 総 (all, general), 穂 (ear/spike), and 花序 (inflorescence). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term is a modern botanical coinage.