FLOWER CLUSTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flower cluster mean? 

• FLOWER CLUSTER (noun)
  The noun FLOWER CLUSTER has 1 sense:

1. an inflorescence consisting of a cluster of flowers

  Familiarity information: FLOWER CLUSTER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLOWER CLUSTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An inflorescence consisting of a cluster of flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("flower cluster" is a kind of...):

inflorescence (the flowering part of a plant or arrangement of flowers on a stalk)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flower cluster"):

raceme (usually elongate cluster of flowers along the main stem in which the flowers at the base open first)

thyrse; thyrsus (a dense flower cluster (as of the lilac or horse chestnut) in which the main axis is racemose and the branches are cymose)

 Context examples 

A flower or flower cluster with a definite arrangement, including the bracts, when present.

(Inflorescence, Food and Drug Administration)