Raceme \Ra*ceme"\ (r[.a]*s[=e]m"; 277), 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.
[1913 Webster]
Compound raceme, one having the lower pedicels developed
into secondary racemes.
[1913 Webster]
Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |