RACEMOSE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Having stalked flowers along an elongated stem that continue to open in succession from below as the stem continues to grow

Example:

lilies of the valley are racemose

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

indeterminate (having a capacity for continuing to grow at the apex)

Domain category:

botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)

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