racemose

American  

[ras-uh-mohs] / ˈræs əˌmoʊs /

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.

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racemose British  

/ ˈræsɪˌməʊs, -ˌməʊz /

adjective

1. being or resembling a raceme

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Other Word Forms

• racemosely adverb

Etymology

Origin of racemose

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

Example Sentences

Flowers monœcious; staminate white and racemose; pistillate solitary, growing at the base of the staminate racemes.

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers

Flowers unisexual, racemose, spicate or capitate; calyx becoming fleshy or juicy in fruit.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Flowers greenish, axillary, the fertile solitary or in pairs, peduncled, appearing with the leaves, the lower usually staminate only, fascicled or racemose along the base of the branches of the season.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Petal-bearing flowers few, racemose Frostweed, Helianthemum majus. 4a.

From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Gleason, Henry Allan

Flowers terminal, white, racemose, with 2 flattened peduncles.

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers