compound raceme

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compound raceme - 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.
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     Compound raceme, one having the lower pedicels developed
        into secondary racemes.
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