Raceme

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Raceme \Ra*ceme"\ (r[.a]*s[=e]m"; 277), n. [L. racemus a bunch
     of berries, a cluster of grapes. See {Raisin}.] (Bot.)
     A flower cluster with an elongated axis and many one-flowered
     lateral pedicels, as in the currant and chokecherry.
     [1913 Webster]
  


     {Compound raceme}, one having the lower pedicels developed
        into secondary racemes.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  raceme
       n : usually elongate cluster of flowers along the main stem in
           which the flowers at the base open first