raceme
/ˈrasiːm
/ /rəˈsiːm /noun Botany
A flower cluster with the separate flowers attached by short equal stalks at equal distances along a central stem. The flowers at the base of the central stem develop first. Compare with cyme and spike2.In both experiments, flowers on racemes from main stem nodes in the middle of the canopy were tagged before anthesis and their development and growth were monitored....
- Flowers emerge on terminal racemes and are subtended by small bracts.
- The flowers grow in a raceme, an unbranched stalk that blooms from the bottom up.
Origin
Late 18th century: from Latin racemus 'bunch of grapes'.
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