Definition of racemose in English:
racemose
adjective ˈrasɪməʊzˈrasɪməʊs
Botany 1(of a flower cluster) taking the form of a raceme.
Example sentencesExamples
- Inflorescences are terminal or axillary, and are usually cymose, but less often racemose, capitate, clustered or spicate; the flowers are seldom solitary.
- Their inflorescences are racemose or cymose, and aggregated in dichasial units.
- This group is morphologically characterized by boat-shaped extrafloral nectar cups and a long inflorescence axis exhibiting a more racemose arrangement of the flowers.
- Bracts are initiated acropetally on the racemose inflorescence, or below the terminal flower.
- 1.1Anatomy (especially of compound glands) having the form of a cluster.
Example sentencesExamples
- It is a long racemose (ie, resembling a cluster of grapes) gland situated behind the stomach, stretching from the duodenum to the spleen.
Origin
Late 17th century: from Latin racemosus, from racemus (see raceme).