racemose

[ ras-uh-mohs ]

adjective

1. Botany.
   1. having the form of a raceme.
   2. arranged in racemes.
2. Anatomy. (of a gland) resembling a bunch of grapes; having branching ducts that end in acini.

racemose

/ ˈræsɪˌməʊs; -ˌməʊz /

adjective

1. being or resembling a raceme

Derived Forms

• ˈraceˌmosely, adverb

Other Words From

• race·mosely adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of racemose¹

First recorded in 1690–1700, racemose is from the Latin word racēmōsus full of clusters, clustering. See raceme, -ose ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of racemose¹

C17: from Latin racēmōsus clustering

Example Sentences

D. Ajàcis, L. Flowers more numerous and spicately racemose; pods pubescent.—Sparingly escaped from gardens in E. Atlantic States.

From Project Gutenberg

Embryo foliaceous, heart-shaped.—Flowers greenish-white, in long racemose panicles.

From Project Gutenberg

Stems gregarious, erect or ascending from a creeping or decumbent base, slightly viscid, and with the mostly racemose short branches striate with about 4 sharp wing-like angles decurrent from the leaves; these broader than in the last, and mostly oblong, usually with all the lower ones opposite; flowers more crowded; sepals scarcely equalling the very small subglobose brownish pod; otherwise nearly as n. 1.—Wet or boggy grounds, E. Mass. to Lakes Ontario and Huron, Ill., and southward.

From Project Gutenberg

Smooth, or scabrous-pubescent or below hirsute, slender, often branched, 2–5° high; leaves rather finely serrate, ovate to oblong-lanceolate, pointed; the upper small, oblong to narrowly lanceolate, often entire; heads loosely racemose; rays 1–5 or none; achenes pubescent.—Dry grounds, Va. and southward.

From Project Gutenberg

Stems 1° high; glabrous or nearly so; heads ½´ high, rather few, racemose or spicate; outer scales lax, foliaceous; rays purple; leaves linear, entire.—Mo. to Tex., thence to Car. and Ga. § 2.

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