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

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

From Project Gutenberg

One of the granular masses which constitute a racemose or compound gland, as the pancreas; also, one of the saccular recesses in the lobules of a racemose gland.

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Flowers.—White; two lines across; in terminal racemose panicles.

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Every variety of racemose and paniculate inflorescence obtains, and the number of spikelets composing those of the large kinds is often immense.

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Thus we may have a group of racemes, arranged in a racemose manner on a common axis, forming a raceme of racemes or compound raceme, as in Astilbe.

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