racemose
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əˌmoʊs adjective
1.
Botany.
a.
having the form of a raceme.
b.
arranged in racemes.
2.
Anatomy. (of a gland) resembling a bunch of grapes; having branching ducts that end in acini.
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racemose or racemous (ˈræsɪˌməʊs, -ˌməʊz) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| being or resembling a raceme | |
| [C17: from Latin racēmōsus clustering] | |
| racemous or racemous | |
| —adj | |
| [C17: from Latin racēmōsus clustering] | |
| racemosely or racemous | |
| —adv | |
| racemously or racemous | |
| —adv | |
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Racemose
is always a great word to know.
So is hair follicle. Does it mean:
| a small cavity in the epidermis and corium of the skin, from which a hair develops |
| the roof of the mouth, consisting of a hard palate and a soft palate that separates the oral cavity from the nasal cavity |
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Medical Dictionary
racemose rac·e·mose (rās'ə-mōs')
adj.
Having or growing in a branching manner that resembles a bunch of grapes. Used of glands.
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Example sentences from the web
The flowers form ebracteate racemose inflorescences, often apically corymblike.
Indeterminate simple inflorescences are generally called racemose.
The longlasting flowers are racemose and grow from the leaf axils.
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