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raceme

an inflorescence in which the flowers are borne along the main stem, with the oldest flowers at the base. It can be simple, as in the foxglove, or compound (see panicle)

raceme [rā′sēm]

(botany)

An inflorescence on which flowers are borne on stalks of equal length on an unbranched main stalk that continues to grow during flowering.

Raceme

an inflorescence, with an elongated unbranched main axis and flowers that grow acropetally. The flowers are borne on stalks at the bases of which are enveloping bracts, which are sometimes not developed (for example, in the family Cruciferae). Racemes are characteristic of the European bird cherry, lily-of-the-the valley, peas, narrow-leaved lupine, turnip, radish, and other Cruciferae.

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No references found			Exochorda x macranta 'The Bride' has to be the whitest flower of any one I know and the larger type racemes show themselves off so well on the long, slightly cascading stems of this large shrub. Best of the Bunch Exochorda macranta; Notebook by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) You can appreciate the long-hanging racemes so much better and this also works well with closely related wisteria. Purple reign; Add a touch of Mediterranean glamour to your garden ... by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland) Then, every January, it produced pale yellow racemes of flowers with a pleasant, light fragrance, however hard the weather. Plant of the week by The Journal (Newcastle, England)			Rabotnitsa Rabotnov, Iurii Rabotnov, Iurii Nikolaevich Rabotnye Liudi Rabun County Racah coefficient Racan, Honorat de Bueil, seigneur de raccoon raccoon coats Raccoon Creek State Park Raccoon Dog Raccoons Race race condition RACE encoding race meeting Race of the Ceri Race Relations Sunday Race to the Sea race track Race Unity Day racecourse racehorse Racemase racemate Raceme racemic acid Racemic Compound racemic conglomerate racemic mixture racemic modification Racemization racemose racer Races of Man Racetrack racetrack memory raceway raceway cable distribution system RACF Rach Gia Racha Rachab Rachal Rachel Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge Rachel de Queiroz Rachel weeping for her children Rachia Kaplanian Rachia Nikitovich Kaplanian rachiglossate radula			racecourse racecourse Racecourses Racecourses raced raced raced raced raced racegoer racegoers racehorse racehorse racehorse Racehorse driving Racehorse driving Racehorse Outplacement Assistance Network Racehorses Racehorses Racehorses Raceland Lower Elementary School racemase racemase racemate racemate racemate racemates racemates racemates Racemation Raceme Racemed Racemed Racemed Racemes Racemes Racemes Racemethamphetamine Racemethamphetamine Racemethamphetamine racemethionine racemic racemic racemic racemic acid racemic acid Racemic Compound Racemic Compound racemic conglomerate racemic epinephrine Racemic mixture Racemic mixture Racemic mixture Racemic mixtures Racemic mixtures racemic modification racemic modification Racemiferous racemiform Racemisation Racemisation

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