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Meaning of RACEMOSE

Pronunciation:  'rasu`mows

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  (botany) having stalked flowers along an elongated stem that continue to open in succession from below as the stem continues to grow; "lilies of the valley are racemose"
 
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 Synonyms: indeterminate
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Rac"e*mose`\, a. [L. racemosus full of clusters.]
Resembling a raceme; growing in the form of a raceme; as,
(Bot.) racemose berries or flowers; (Anat.) the racemose
glands, in which the ducts are branched and clustered like a
raceme. --Gray.
 
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