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Definition of "raceme" [ra•ceme]

  • An inflorescence having stalked flowers arranged singly along an elongated unbranched axis, as in the lily of the valley. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "raceme" in a sentence
  • "In the monstrous fruit the axis is prolonged, and forms a kind of raceme or catkin, surrounded at the base by numerous bracts, as in many _Amentaceæ_."
  • "Birth flower, May, lily of the valley, stemless convallariaceous herb, Convallaria majalis, with a raceme of drooping, bell-shaped fragrant white flowers."
  • "One of the specimens had a raceme of flowers above a foot long."