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Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. usually elongate cluster of flowers along the main stem in which the flowers at the base open first;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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] Compound raceme, one having the lower pedicels developed into secondary racemes. [1913 Webster]
