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Raceme

Raceme Meaning & Definition
Raceme Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Raceme?

[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

Raceme In Webster's Dictionary

\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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