ra·ceme (r -s m , r -)n. An inflorescence having stalked flowers arranged singly along an elongated unbranched axis, as in the lily of the valley. [Latin rac mus, a bunch of grapes.] |
raceme [rəˈsiːm]
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) an inflorescence in which the flowers are borne along the main stem, with the oldest flowers at the base. It can be simple, as in the foxglove, or compound (see panicle)
[from Latin racēmus bunch of grapes]
| raceme (r-sm) 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. See illustration at inflorescence. |
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| Noun | 1. |  raceme - usually elongate cluster of flowers along the main stem in which the flowers at the base open firstflower cluster - an inflorescence consisting of a cluster of flowers panicle - compound raceme or branched cluster of flowers |
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