raceme noun. ['rasi:m, rǝ'si:m] L18.
[Latin racemus cluster of grapes.]
Botany. A simple inflorescence in which the flowers are arranged on pedicels at intervals along a central axis. Cf. SPIKE noun² 2.
compound raceme: having the lower pedicels developed into secondary racemes.

■ racemed adjective arranged in racemes M19.

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