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RACEME
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Usually elongate cluster of flowers along the main stem in which the flowers at the base open first
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("raceme" is a kind of...):
flower cluster (an inflorescence consisting of a cluster of flowers)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "raceme"):
panicle (compound raceme or branched cluster of flowers)