RACEMOSE

racemose

(adjective) having stalked flowers along an elongated stem that continue to open in succession from below as the stem continues to grow; “lilies of the valley are racemose”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

racemose (not comparable)

(botany) Having flowers arranged along a single central axis, as in a raceme, spike, or catkin.

(pathology, of a disease) expressing such a pattern

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Source: Wiktionary


Rac"e*mose`, a. Etym: [L. racemosus full of clusters.]

Definition: Resembling a raceme; growing in the form of a raceme; as, (Bot.) racemose berries or flowers; (Anat.) the racemose glands, in which the ducts are branched and clustered like a raceme. Gray.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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