1. (n.) A flat-topped or convex cluster of flowers, each on its own footstalk, and arising from different points of a common axis, the outermost blossoms expanding first, as in the hawthorn.

2. (n.) Any flattish flower cluster, whatever be the order of blooming, or a similar shaped cluster of fruit.

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