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Fruiting vs Infructescence - What's the difference?

fruiting | infructescence |

As nouns the difference between fruiting and infructescence

is that fruiting is fruiting body while infructescence is the fruiting stage of an inflorescence; a group of fruit arranged on a stem in a characteristic pattern.

As a verb fruiting

is present participle of fruit.

fruiting

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • fruiting body
  • * 2009 , Wilhelm Foissner, ?D. L. Hawksworth, Protist Diversity and Geographical Distribution (page 60)
    • Fruitings can consist of several thousand individual sporocarps.

    infructescence

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (botany) The fruiting stage of an inflorescence; a group of fruit arranged on a stem in a characteristic pattern