infructescence

in·fruc·tes·cence  (nfrk-tsns)

n.

The fruiting stage of an inflorescence.

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[French : Latin in-, in; see in-² + Latin frctus, fruit; see fruit.]

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Noun

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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"