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Meaning of RACEME

Pronunciation:  rey'seem

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  usually elongate cluster of flowers along the main stem in which the flowers at the base open first
 
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 See Also: inflorescence, panicle

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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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Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: An indeterminate inflorescence in which a main main stem produces a series of flowers on lateral stalks, the oldest at the base and the youngest at the top.
 
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