raceme

See also: racème

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹæsiːm/
• IPA^(key): /ˈɹæsim/, /ɹəˈsim/, /ɹeɪˈsim/

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

• racemose

Translations

type of inflorescence

• Catalan: raïm (ca) m
• Danish: klase, blomsterklase
• Faroese: klasi m
• Finnish: terttu (fi)
• French: racème (fr) m, grappe (fr) f
• German: Blütentraube f, Traube (de) f
• Icelandic: klasi m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: racemo (it) m, grappolo (it) m, raspo (it) m, racimolo (it) m
• Japanese: 総状花序 (sōjō-kajo), 花穂 (かすい, kasui)
• 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

Anagrams

• amerce

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) racēme

1. vocative singular of racēmus