raceme
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ra·ceme 
[rey-seem, ruh-] Pronunciation Key
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[rey-seem, ruh-] Pronunciation Key –noun Botany.
| 1. | a simple indeterminate inflorescence in which the flowers are borne on short pedicels lying along a common axis, as in the lily of the valley. |
| 2. | a compound inflorescence in which the short pedicels with single flowers of the simple raceme are replaced by racemes. |
[Origin: 1775–85; < L racémus cluster of grapes, bunch of berries]
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ra·cemed, adjective
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| ra·ceme
(rā-sēm', rə-) Pronunciation Key
n. An inflorescence having stalked flowers arranged singly along an elongated unbranched axis, as in the lily of the valley. [Latin racēmus, a bunch of grapes.] |
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| raceme | |
noun | |
| usually elongate cluster of flowers along the main stem in which the flowers at the base open first |
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The American Heritage Science Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| raceme
(rə-sēm') Pronunciation Key
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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raceme ra·ceme (rā-sēm', rə-)
n.
An optically inactive chemical compound.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Raceme
Ra*ceme"\, n. [L. racemus a bunch of berries, a cluster of grapes. See Raisin.] (Bot.) A flower cluster with an elongated axis and many one-flowered lateral pedicels, as in the currant and chokecherry. Compound raceme, one having the lower pedicels developed into secondary racemes.
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