I thought it would be a novel idea to break out my old trusty dictionary and provide a random word of the day. My dictionary is old and should probably be updated with a newer one. It does not have the words recently added over the years - tweet, fist bump, bling, or even bromance - for more odd entries into our dictionaries just do a google search for dictionary additions and pick a year.
My dictionary was given to me by my grandfather when I was rather young. The copyright on it is 1988 and it is a Webster’s II home and office desk edition. I can remember reading and asking my mother what a word meant or how to pronounce it. Her canned response was always “Look it up, your grandfather gave you a dictionary. Use it.”
So hear we are, the dictionary is over 20 years old, and I still “look it up.”
Inflorescence - N. A Characteristic arrangement of flowers on a stalk. inflorescent adj. (Page 217)
http://waynesword.palomar.edu/terminf1.htm
http://www.missouriplants.com/Pinkopp/Monarda_fistulosa_page.html
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