Parents who name their girls Vivian have refined taste. It is more likely a name for the upper-class. Any girl with this name is very likely to be pretty with an amazing personality. The name has a sense of beauty with a drop of danger and adventure and fun to it. It is derived from the Latin meaning life. Adrienne is also a great name for a girl but Vivienne is exclusively used for girls.....aka Vivian/Vivien or other spellings.
Definition of inflorescence. 1a : the mode of development and arrangement of flowers on an axisb : a floral axis with its appendages; also : a flower cluster.
GCIDE(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Fluorescence(n.) A luminescence emitted by certain substances due to the absorption of radiation at one wavelength, and the almost instantaneous re-emission of radiation at another, usually longer wavelength.