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INDETERMINATE INFLORESCENCE [3 records]

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Record 1 2017-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Biology
CONT

Growth characteristics of the normal indeterminate tomato... and a determinate plant... are compared.... the determinate stem develops progressively fewer leaf nodes per segment and terminates with an inflorescence.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie végétale
CONT

Les caractéristiques de la croissance d'une tomate normale indéterminée [...] et d'une plante déterminée [...] sont comparées [...] la tige déterminée a de moins en moins de nœuds foliaires par segment et se termine par une inflorescence.

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
DEF

[An inflorescence] in which the apical meristem of the primary inflorescence axis does not develop into a flower; typically the basal flower matures first, with maturation occurring from base to apex.

OBS

This type of inflorescence includes the spike, the raceme and the panicle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
CONT

Dans une inflorescence indéfinie, l’axe principal se termine par un bourgeon et s’allonge, en théorie indéfiniment, en émettant latéralement des fleurs ou des axes secondaires portant des fleurs. Ce sont les fleurs de la base qui s’ouvrent les premières, les autres fleurs s’ouvrent successivement de la base vers le sommet.

OBS

Ce type d'inflorescence comprend la grappe, l'épi et la panicule.

Spanish

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Record 3 1978-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Biology
DEF

a flat-topped inflorescence; spec. a flower cluster or inflorescence in which the flower stalks arise at different levels on the main axis and reach about the same height so that there results a somewhat flat-topped cluster in which the outer flowers open first, the inflorescence being indeterminate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie végétale
DEF

Inflorescence dans laquelle les axes secondaires partent de points différents sur l'axe, et arrivent à peu près à la même hauteur.

Spanish

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