RACEME


Meaning of RACEME in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ rā-ˈsēm, rə- ]

noun

Etymology: Latin racemus bunch of grapes; probably akin to Greek rhag-, rhax grape

Date: 1785

: a simple inflorescence (as in the lily-of-the-valley) in which the flowers are borne on short stalks of about equal length at equal distances along an elongated axis and open in succession toward the apex — see inflorescence illustration

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