raceme

See also: racème

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹæsiːm/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹæsim/, /ɹəˈsim/, /ɹeɪˈsim/
• Rhymes: (General American) -iːm

• Audio (US):

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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

• racemoid
• racemose

Translations

type of inflorescence

• Bulgarian: грозд (bg) m (grozd)
• Catalan: raïm (ca) m
• Czech: hrozen (cs) m
• Danish: klase, blomsterklase
• Dutch: tros (nl)
• Esperanto: grapolo (eo)
• Faroese: klasi m
• Finnish: terttu (fi)
• French: racème (fr) m, grappe (fr) f
• Georgian: მტევანი (ka) (mṭevani)
• German: Blütentraube (de) f, Traube (de) f
• Icelandic: klasi m
• Italian: racemo (it) m, grappolo (it) m, raspo (it) m, racimolo (it) m
• Japanese: 総状花序 (sōjō-kajo), 花穂 (ja) (かすい, kasui)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: klase

• 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

Latin

Noun

racēme

1. vocative singular of racēmus