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An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed. The modifications can involve the length and the nature of the internodes and the phyllotaxis, as well as variations in the proportions, compressions, swellings, adnations, connations and reduction of main and secondary axes. One can also define an inflorescence as the reproductive portion of a plant that bears a cluster of flowers in a specific pattern.
The stem holding the whole inflorescence is called a peduncle and the major axis (incorrectly referred to as the main stem) holding the flowers or more branches within the inflorescence is called the rachis. The stalk of each single flower is called a pedicel. A flower that is not part of an inflorescence is called a solitary flower and its stalk is also referred to as a peduncle. Any flower in an inflorescence may be referred to as a floret, especially when the individual flowers are particularly small and borne in a tight cluster, such as in a pseudanthium. The fruiting stage of an inflorescence is known as an infructescence. Inflorescences may be simple (single) or complex (panicle). The rachis may be one of several types, including single, composite, umbel, spike or raceme.
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*THE (COMMON) OAT*
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(a ‘species’ of ‘cereal grain’ grown for its ‘seed’, which is known by the same name (usually in the ‘plural’, unlike other ‘cereals’+ ‘pseudo-cereals’))
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(while oats are suitable for human consumption as oatmeal and rolled oats, one of the most common uses is as ‘livestock feed’)
(oats are a nutrient-rich food associated with lower blood cholesterol when consumed regularly)
(‘avenins’ present in oats (proteins similar to ‘gliadin’ from wheat) can trigger celiac disease in a small proportion of people)
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(also, ‘oat products’ are frequently contaminated by other gluten-containing grains, mainly ‘wheat’ + ‘barley’)
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