穂すい状じょう花か序じょ

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noun

Technical botanical term for a type of inflorescence with sessile flowers on an elongated axis.

ear, ear (grain), head

状status quo, conditions, circumstances

花flower

序preface, beginning, order

総そう状じょう花か序じょ
Raceme inflorescence; similar elongated cluster but flowers have pedicels, unlike the sessile flowers of a spike.

Compound of 穂状 (spike-shaped) + 花序 (inflorescence).