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raceme

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɹæsiːm/
  • General-American: /ˈɹæsim/
  • General-American: /ɹəˈsim/
  • General-American: /ɹeɪˈsim/
  • rhymes with (General American) -iːm
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1

noun

Meaning 1

An indeterminate inflorescence in which the flowers are arranged along a single central axis.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: flower cluster

Narrower terms: panicle

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin racēmus (“cluster, bunch”). Doublet of raisin.

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: грозд (grozd) — type of inflorescence
  • Catalan: raïm — type of inflorescence
  • Czech: hrozen — type of inflorescence
  • Danish: klase — type of inflorescence
  • Danish: blomsterklase — type of inflorescence
  • Dutch: tros — type of inflorescence
  • Esperanto: grapolo — type of inflorescence
  • Faroese: klasi — type of inflorescence
  • Finnish: terttu — type of inflorescence
  • French: racème — type of inflorescence
  • French: grappe — type of inflorescence
  • Georgian: მტევანი (mṭevani) — type of inflorescence
  • German: Blütentraube — type of inflorescence
  • German: Traube — type of inflorescence
  • Icelandic: klasi — type of inflorescence
  • Italian: racemo — type of inflorescence
  • Italian: grappolo — type of inflorescence
  • Italian: raspo — type of inflorescence
  • Italian: racimolo — type of inflorescence
  • Japanese: 総状花序 (sōjō-kajo) — type of inflorescence
  • Japanese: 花穂 (kasui) — type of inflorescence
  • Norwegian Bokmål: klase — type of inflorescence
  • Polish: grono — type of inflorescence
  • Polish: kiść — type of inflorescence
  • Portuguese: cacho — type of inflorescence
  • Romanian: racem — type of inflorescence
  • Russian: кисть (kistʹ) — type of inflorescence
  • Spanish: racimo — type of inflorescence
  • Swedish: centripetal inflorenscens — type of inflorescence
  • Swedish: obegränsad blomställning — type of inflorescence
  • Swedish: racemös blomställning — type of inflorescence
  • Swedish: botrytisk blomställning — type of inflorescence