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)

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

Hyponyms

• panicle

Coordinate terms

• catkin
• spike

Related terms

• racemoid
• racemose

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

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

Anagrams

• amerce

Latin

Noun

racēme

1. vocative singular of racēmus