infructescence
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in·fruc·tes·cence
(ĭn′frŭk-tĕs′əns)n.
The fruiting stage of an inflorescence.
[French : Latin in-, in; see in-2 + Latin frūctus, fruit; see fruit.]
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Noun | 1. | infructescence - the fruiting stage of the inflorescence growing, growth, ontogenesis, ontogeny, maturation, development - (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; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children" |
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