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ra·ceme \rāˈsēm, rəˈ-\ noun (-s) Etymology: Latin racemus cluster of grapes or berries 1. : an inflorescence (as in the currant and lily-of-the-valley) in which the flowers are borne on stalks of about equal length along an elongated axis that continues to grow during flowering and open in succession from below — compare cyme, corymb; see inflorescence illustration 2. : something (as a synaptic nerve ending) that resembles a racemose inflorescence |