raceme

English

Etymology

From Latin racēmus (“cluster, bunch”).

Noun

raceme (plural racemes)

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

Related terms

• racemose

Coordinate terms

• catkin
• spike

Translations

botany: an inflorescence in which the flowers are arranged along a single central axis

• Catalan: raïm (ca) m
• Finnish: terttu (fi)
• French: racème (fr) m, grappe (fr) f
• Japanese: 総状花序 (ja) (sōjō-kajo), 花穂 (ja) (かすい, kasui)

• Portuguese: cacho (pt) m
• Romanian: racem (ro) n
• Russian: кисть (ru) (kist') f
• Spanish: racimo (es) m
• Swedish: centripetal inflorenscens (sv) c, obegränsad blomställning (sv) c, racemös blomställning (sv) c, botrytisk blomställning (sv) c

Anagrams

• amerce

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Latin

Noun

racēme

1. vocative singular of racēmus