单词 | racemose |
释义 | racemoseadj. 1. Botany (a) Of flowers: arranged in clusters or groups; (in later use) spec. arranged in racemes (raceme n. 2). (b) Of an inflorescence or a system of growth: characterized by continuing meristematic activity at the apex of the main stem, the flowers or lateral branches developing from axillary meristems. Opposed to cymose.A racemose inflorescence has older flowers at the base or on the outside; examples include, in addition to the raceme itself, the corymb, spike, and umbel. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > inflorescence or collective flower > [adjective] > having particular shape, type, or arrangement > of or bearing cymes or racemes racemiferous1656 racemose1698 biparous1731 racemous1757 racemed1787 unilateral1802 cymose1807 uniparous1839 indeterminate1842 indefinite1876 botrycymose1879 botryose1879 1698 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 20 315 It has a racemose Flower. 1712 Philos. Trans. 1710–12 (Royal Soc.) 27 416 Neither grows it upright and spiked, but procumbent and racemose. 1771 J. R. Forster Catal. Plants N. Amer. in tr. J. B. Bossu Trav. Louisiana II. 30 Aralia racemosa. Bastard angelica, racemose. 1806 J. Galpine Synoptical Compend Brit. Bot. 419 Stem cross-branching,..Fl. racemose. 1860 R. Tyas Wild Flowers 176 A lengthened racemose spike of many closely crowded flowers. 1914 F. E. Fritsch & E. J. Salisbury Introd. Study Plants xviii. 226 The most characteristic feature of a racemose inflorescence is that it usually possesses a prominent main axis which generally continues to grow and produce lateral flowers for some time. 1992 M. Ingrouille Diversity & Evol. Land Plants 156 Flowering shoots can be determinate giving a cymose inflorescence or cyme or indeterminate giving a racemose inflorescence or raceme. 2. Anatomy, Zoology, and Pathology. Resembling a bunch of grapes in shape; having usually rounded parts arranged in a cluster or clusters. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > secretory organs > gland > types of gland > [adjective] pituita1598 pituitary1615 lymphatic1649 conglomerated1656 conglobate1666 conglomerate1666 conglobated1676 lymphic1681 conglobulate1709 sudoriferous1713 sudorific1721 sebaceous1728 trajectory1747 cryptal1754 cryptous1804 muciparous1825 racemose1834 racemiform1837 ganglionary1842 muciferous1842 sudoriparous1851 sebiparous1853 racemous1854 sebiferous1858 perilymphangial1873 lymphadenoid1877 perilymphatic1877 mucigenous1881 pituital1890 tubuloracemosec1900 acinic1903 holocrine1905 merocrine1905 exocrine1911 endocrine1914 endocrinic1914 endocrinous1914 endocrinal1923 apocrine1926 eccrine1931 psychoendocrine1946 acinar1949 nodal1954 mucigenic1965 1834 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 124 566 The ovary of a Rabbit two days after coitus, showing its racemose structure. 1841 T. R. Jones Gen. Outl. Animal Kingdom xxix. 618 The viscus assumes a distinctly racemose appearance. 1896 Brain 19 252 The mode of extension towards the base is not usually by an advancing line of consolidation, but by scattered nodules of infiltration often arranged in a racemose manner. 1921 Lancet 26 Nov. 1106/2 A case of cerebral calcification associated with the presence of a racemose angioma. 1983 Amer. Jrnl. Physiol. 244 R176 The compound, racemose, innervated salivary glands of the cockroach Periplaneta americana. 2002 D. de Souza Carvalho in V. Guidetti et al. Headache & Migraine Childhood & Adolescence xxxi. 405 Other cysticerci in the subarachnoid space or ventricles..produce a grape-like or racemose structure. Derivatives ˈracemosely adv. Botany in a racemose manner or arrangement. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > inflorescence or collective flower > [adverb] > relating to particular types of tuffetwise1578 racemosely1837 paniculately1851 racemously1861 cymosely1870 umbellately1887 1837 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 5 143 The flowers are somewhat racemosely aggregated by pairs. 1924 A. W. Sampson Native Amer. Forage Plants ix. 187 The grama-buffalo tribe of grasses may be recognized by its having spikelets..forming one or several spikes racemosely or digitally arranged. 1984 Stud. Mycol. 24 1 Stalked, broadly attached terminal blastoconidia borne on randomly to racemosely branched conidiophores. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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