raceme

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UK/ˈɹæsiːm/US/ˈɹæsim/US/ɹəˈsim/US/ɹeɪˈsim/

noun

An indeterminate inflorescence in which the flowers are arranged along a single central axis.

OriginLatin racēmus →
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Meanings

nounraceme (plural racemes)

plural racemes

  1. biologyAn indeterminate inflorescence in which the flowers are arranged along a single central axis.

Origin

  1. Latinracēmus“cluster, bunch”
  2. Englishraceme

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

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Translations

Bulgarian грозд
  • грозд (grozd)type of inflorescence
Catalan raïm
  • raïmtype of inflorescence
Czech hrozen
  • hrozentype of inflorescence
Danish klase, blomsterklase
  • klasetype of inflorescence
  • blomsterklasetype of inflorescence
Dutch tros
  • trostype of inflorescence
Esperanto grapolo
  • grapolotype of inflorescence
Finnish terttu
  • terttutype of inflorescence
French racème, grappe
  • racèmetype of inflorescence
  • grappetype of inflorescence
German Blütentraube, Traube
  • Blütentraubetype of inflorescence
  • Traubetype of inflorescence
Icelandic klasi
  • klasitype of inflorescence
Italian racemo, grappolo
  • racemotype of inflorescence
  • grappolotype of inflorescence
  • raspotype of inflorescence
  • racimolotype of inflorescence
Japanese 総状花序, 花穂
  • 総状花序 (sōjō-kajo)type of inflorescence
  • 花穂 (kasui)type of inflorescence
Norwegian Bokmål klase
  • klasetype of inflorescence
Polish grono, kiść
  • gronotype of inflorescence
  • kiśćtype of inflorescence
Portuguese cacho
  • cachotype of inflorescence
Romanian racem
  • racemtype of inflorescence
Russian кисть
  • кисть (kistʹ)type of inflorescence
Spanish racimo
  • racimotype of inflorescence
Swedish centripetal inflorenscens, obegränsad blomställning
  • centripetal inflorenscenstype of inflorescence
  • obegränsad blomställningtype of inflorescence
  • racemös blomställningtype of inflorescence
  • botrytisk blomställningtype of inflorescence

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

amerceCamreecerameMarcee
Cite this entry
APA

raceme. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/raceme

MLA

“raceme.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/raceme. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “raceme,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/raceme.

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