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Raceme definition

rā-sēm, rə-
An inflorescence having stalked flowers arranged singly along an elongated unbranched axis, with the flowers at the bottom opening first.
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An unbranched flower cluster, consisting of a single central stem or rachis, along which individual flowers grow on small stalks at intervals, blooming from the base toward the apex, as in the lily of the valley.
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An inflorescence having stalked flowers arranged singly along an elongated unbranched axis, with the flowers at the bottom opening first.
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An indeterminate inflorescence in which each flower grows on its own stalk from a common stem. The lily of the valley and snapdragon have racemes.
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(botany) An indeterminate inflorescence in which the flowers are arranged along a single central axis.
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Noun

Singular:
raceme
Plural:
racemes

Origin of raceme

  • Latin racēmus a bunch of grapes

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin racÄ“mus (“cluster, bunch").

    From Wiktionary

Raceme Sentence Examples

  • H the secondary floral axes give rise to tertiary ones, the raceme is branching, and forms a panicle, as in Yucca gloriosa.

  • If in a raceme the lower flowerstalks are developed more strongly than the upper, and thus all the flowers are nearly on a level, a corymb is formed,which may be simple, as in fig.

  • Thus we may have a group of racemes, arranged in a racemose manner on a common axis, forming a raceme of racemes or compound raceme, as in Astilbe.

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