raceme

Other forms: racemes

Definitions of raceme
  1. noun
    usually elongate cluster of flowers along the main stem in which the flowers at the base open first
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    types:
    panicle
    compound raceme or branched cluster of flowers
    type of:
    flower cluster
    an inflorescence consisting of a cluster of flowers
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