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racemose


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Racemose  \Rac"e*mose`\,  a.  [L.  racemosus  full  of  clusters.] 
  Resembling  a  raceme;  growing  in  the  form  of  a  raceme;  as 
  (Bot.)  racemose  berries  or  flowers;  (Anat.)  the  racemose 
  glands,  in  which  the  ducts  are  branched  and  clustered  like  a 
  raceme.  --Gray. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  racemose 
  adj  :  (botany)  having  stalked  flowers  along  an  elongated  stem  that 
  continue  to  open  in  succession  from  below  as  the  stem 
  continues  to  grow;  "lilies  of  the  valley  are  racemose" 




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