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raceme

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ra·ceme  (r-sm, r-)
n.
An inflorescence having stalked flowers arranged singly along an elongated unbranched axis, as in the lily of the valley.
[Latin racmus, a bunch of grapes.]
raceme [rass-eem]
Noun
Bot a cluster of flowers along a central stem, as in the foxglove [Latin racemus 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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Noun1.racemeraceme - usually elongate cluster of flowers along the main stem in which the flowers at the base open first
flower cluster - an inflorescence consisting of a cluster of flowers
panicle - compound raceme or branched cluster of flowers
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