{Compound raceme}, one having the lower pedicels developed into secondary racemes. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
compound raceme — noun : panicle * * * compound raceme, Botany. an indeterminate inflorescence occurring when a raceme becomes irregularly compound; panicle … Useful english dictionary
Raceme — Ra*ceme (r[.a]*s[=e]m ; 277), n. [L. racemus a bunch of berries, a cluster of grapes. See {Raisin}.] (Bot.) A flower cluster with an elongated axis and many one flowered lateral pedicels, as in the currant and chokecherry. [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
raceme — /rəˈsim / (say ruh seem), /ˈreɪsim / (say rayseem) noun 1. a simple indeterminate inflorescence in which the flowers are borne on short pedicels lying along a common axis, as in the lily of the valley. 2. a compound inflorescence in which the… …
raceme — racemed, adj. /ray seem , reuh /, n. Bot. 1. a simple indeterminate inflorescence in which the flowers are borne on short pedicels lying along a common axis, as in the lily of the valley. See illus. under inflorescence. 2. a compound… … Universalium
raceme — An optically inactive chemical compound. SEE ALSO: racemic … Medical dictionary
Inflorescence — of Anthurium scherzerianum. An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Strictly, it is the part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are… … Wikipedia
Glossary of botanical terms — Many of the terms used in Wikipedia glossaries (often most) are already defined and explained within Wikipedia itself. However, lists like the following indicate where new articles need to be written and are also useful for looking up and… … Wikipedia
Panicle — Flowering lilac showing individual flowers forming the panicle … Wikipedia
panicle — panicled, adj. /pan i keuhl/, n. Bot. 1. a compound raceme. See illus. under inflorescence. 2. any loose, diversely branching flower cluster. [1590 1600; < L panicula tuft (on plants), dim. of panus thread wound on a bobbin, a swelling, ear of… … Universalium
panicle — noun A compound raceme … Wiktionary
