raceme
pronunciation
How to pronounce raceme in British English:
UK [rə'si:m]
How to pronounce raceme in American English:
US [rə'sim]
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- Noun:
- usually elongate cluster of flowers along the main stem in which the flowers at the base open first
Word Origin
- raceme
- raceme: see raisin
- raceme (n.)
- type of flower cluster, 1785, from Latin racemus "a cluster of grapes" (see raisin). Related: Racemic; racemism.
Example
- 1. Raceme rachis fragile ; 1 spikelet of pair sessile .
- 2. Inflorescence a simple or compound monochasium , dichasium , simple or compound raceme , or flowers solitary .
- 3. Inflorescence a raceme or reduced panicle .
- 4. Inflorescence a terminal panicle or raceme .
- 5. Inflorescence a single terminal raceme .