RACEME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does raceme mean? 

• RACEME (noun)
  The noun RACEME has 1 sense:

1. usually elongate cluster of flowers along the main stem in which the flowers at the base open first

  Familiarity information: RACEME used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RACEME (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Usually elongate cluster of flowers along the main stem in which the flowers at the base open first

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("raceme" is a kind of...):

flower cluster (an inflorescence consisting of a cluster of flowers)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "raceme"):

panicle (compound raceme or branched cluster of flowers)