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单词 raceme
释义

raceme

noun

ra·​ceme rā-ˈsēm How to pronounce raceme (audio)
rə-
: a simple inflorescence (as in the lily of the valley) in which the flowers are borne on short stalks of about equal length at equal distances along an elongated axis and open in succession toward the apex see inflorescence illustration

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The flowers are born in an upright raceme or cluster of blooms opening from the bottom and moving upwards. Janet B. Carson, Arkansas Online, 25 July 2022 Forming large bushes with dangling racemes of white, pink or red flowers, the nectar-rich blooms are a magnet for hummers in the late winter/early spring. Earl Nickel, SFChronicle.com, 18 Oct. 2019

Word History

Etymology

Latin racemus bunch of grapes; probably akin to Greek rhag-, rhax grape

First Known Use

1785, in the meaning defined above

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