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raceme

ra·ceme

UK/ˈɹæsiːm/ US/ˈɹæsim/ uncommon

noun

1.

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

Origin

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

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