raceme

See also: racème

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin racēmus (“cluster, bunch”). Doublet of raisin.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹæsiːm/[1]
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹæsim/, /ɹəˈsim/, /ɹeɪˈsim/[1][2]
Rhymes: (General American) -iːm

Noun

raceme (plural racemes)

(botany) An indeterminate inflorescence in which the flowers are arranged along a single central axis.

Hyponyms

panicle

Coordinate terms

catkin
spike

Related terms

Translations

type of inflorescence

Bulgarian: грозд (bg) m (grozd)
Catalan: raïm (ca) m
Czech: hrozen (cs) m
Danish: klase, blomsterklase
Dutch: tros (nl)
Esperanto: grapolo (eo)
Faroese: klasi m
Finnish: terttu (fi)
French: racème (fr) m, grappe (fr) f
Georgian: მტევანი (ka) (mṭevani)
German: Blütentraube (de) f, Traube (de) f
Icelandic: klasi m
Italian: racemo (it) m, grappolo (it) m, raspo (it) m, racimolo (it) m
Japanese: 総状花序 (sōjō-kajo), 花穂 (ja) (かすい, kasui)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: klase
Portuguese: cacho (pt) m
Romanian: racem (ro) n
Russian: кисть (ru) f (kistʹ)
Spanish: racimo (es) m
Swedish: centripetal inflorenscens c, obegränsad blomställning c, racemös blomställning c, botrytisk blomställning c

References

“raceme”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
“raceme”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Anagrams

amerce

Latin

Noun

racēme

vocative singular of racēmus

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