racemose

[ras-uh-mohs]

adjective

1. Botany.

   1. having the form of a raceme.

   2. arranged in racemes.

2. Anatomy.,  (of a gland) resembling a bunch of grapes; having branching ducts that end in acini.

racemose

/ ˈræsɪˌməʊs, -ˌməʊz /

adjective

1. being or resembling a raceme

Other Word Forms

• racemosely adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of racemose¹

First recorded in 1690–1700, racemose is from the Latin word racēmōsus full of clusters, clustering. See raceme, -ose ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of racemose¹

C17: from Latin racēmōsus clustering

Example Sentences

Spikelets 3–many-flowered, panicled or racemose; the flowers not webby at base.

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One of the granular masses which constitute a racemose or compound gland, as the pancreas; also, one of the saccular recesses in the lobules of a racemose gland.

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Flowers.—White; two lines across; in terminal racemose panicles.

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Every variety of racemose and paniculate inflorescence obtains, and the number of spikelets composing those of the large kinds is often immense.

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Thus we may have a group of racemes, arranged in a racemose manner on a common axis, forming a raceme of racemes or compound raceme, as in Astilbe.

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