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spikes (plant)

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-006018

An indeterminate inflorescence in which sessile flowers are borne directly on the main axis of the inflorescence. Flowers at the bottom blossom earlier than the flowers at the top.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-006018
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectAnimals, Livestock, One Health
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsoracemose inflorescences; synflorescences
TranslationsSpanish: espigas (planta)
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-006018",
  "term": "spikes (plant)",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "An indeterminate inflorescence in which sessile flowers are borne directly on the main axis of the inflorescence. Flowers at the bottom blossom earlier than the flowers at the top.",
  "subject": "Animals, Livestock, One Health",
  "see_also": [
    "racemose inflorescences",
    "synflorescences"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "espigas (planta)"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/spikes-plant/"
}

Record 6,018 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.