Raceme

['ræsiːm;rə'siːm] or [re'sim]

Definition

(noun.) usually elongate cluster of flowers along the main stem in which the flowers at the base open first.

Edited by Flo--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A flower cluster with an elongated axis and many one-flowered lateral pedicels, as in the currant and chokecherry.

Edited by Barbie

Definition

n. a cluster: a flower-cluster as in the currant.—adjs. Racemed′ having racemes; Racem′ic pertaining to or obtained from grapes: an acid obtained from a certain kind of grape; Racemif′erous bearing racemes; Rac′emōse Rac′emous growing in or resembling a raceme.—n. Rac′emūle a small raceme.—adj. Racem′ulōse bearing small racemes.

Typist: Sam