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総穂花序 (そうすいかじょ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

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Meanings

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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

フジの花はなは総そう穂すい花か序じょの代だい表ひょう例れい

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Wisteria flowers are a typical example of racemose inflorescence.

Kanji

総general, whole, all
穂ear, ear (grain), head
花flower
序preface, beginning, order

Related words

集しゅう散さん花か序じょ
集散花序 is a cymose inflorescence (determinate), while 総穂花序 is racemose (indeterminate).

Etymology

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.