Kukinnoista
Kukinnoista is the ablative plural form of kukinto, a Finnish botanical term meaning inflorescence. In botanical usage kukinto refers to the arrangement of flowers on a plant, i.e., the flowering shoot or the cluster of flowers that forms the inflorescence. The plural kukinnot denotes multiple inflorescences. The ablative plural form kukinnoista is used to indicate origin or source, for example in phrases such as kukinnoista kerätyt näytteet (“samples collected from the inflorescences”).
Etymology and forms: The word kukinto is formed from kukka (flower) with the nominalizing suffix -into. The
Usage: In plant descriptions and floristic texts, kukinnot are used to discuss the flowering structures of
See also: kukinto, kukinnot, kukka, kasvitiede.
References: Finnish botanical glossaries and flora handbooks commonly define kukinto and kukinnot as the inflorescence and