花序

huāxù
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 inflorescence
  2. 2 flower cluster (botany)

Examples

Xiàngrìkuí de huāxù hěn dà.
The sunflower has a very large inflorescence.
Zhíwùxué àn huāxù de xíngtài jìnxíng fēnlèi.
Botany classifies plants according to inflorescence morphology.

Tips

memory
Parses as (flower) + (order, sequence) — the 'arrangement order' of flowers on a stem. Different arrangements get specific names: 花序 (raceme), 花序 (umbel), 花序 (capitulum / sunflower-style).

Stroke Order

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