raceme

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/rəˈsiːm/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(rā sēm′, rə-)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
ra•ceme  (rā sēm′, rə-),USA pronunciation n. [Bot.]
  1. Botanya simple indeterminate inflorescence in which the flowers are borne on short pedicels lying along a common axis, as in the lily of the valley. See illus. under inflorescence. 
  2. Botanya compound inflorescence in which the short pedicels with single flowers of the simple raceme are replaced by racemes.
  • Latin racēmus cluster of grapes, bunch of berries
  • 1775–85
ra•cemed′, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
raceme /rəˈsiːm/ n
  1. an inflorescence in which the flowers are borne along the main stem, with the oldest flowers at the base. It can be simple, as in the foxglove, or compound
    See panicle
Etymology: 18th Century: from Latin racēmus bunch of grapes
'raceme' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
corymb - panicle - racemose - racemic - spike - racemism - racemization - rachis - raisin

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