複ふく総そう状じょう花か序じょ

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noun

compound raceme

Botanical term for an inflorescence where the main axis branches into racemes, each bearing flowers on short stalks.

duplicate, double, compound

総general, whole, all

状status quo, conditions, circumstances

花flower

序preface, beginning, order

総そう状じょう花か序じょ
A simple raceme, where flowers are attached directly to a single central axis, unlike the branched structure of a compound raceme.

Compound of 複 (fuku, 'compound') + 総状花序 (sōjōkajo, 'raceme'), a technical botanical term.