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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

raceme

/rey-seem, ruh-/US // reɪˈsim, rə- //UK // (rəˈsiːm) //

赛梅,赛美,赛米,赛梅花

Related Words

pyramid金字塔,金字塔式,金字塔形,金字塔型conoid圆锥体,类人猿,圆锥形,圆锥形的strobile镫骨,镫骨骨架,镫骨骨髓,镫骨骨质疏松症

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Botany.

    • : a simple indeterminate inflorescence in which the flowers are borne on short pedicels lying along a common axis, as in the lily of the valley.
    • : a compound inflorescence in which the short pedicels with single flowers of the simple raceme are replaced by racemes.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as incone
Forms: racemes
Synonyms
conoid圆锥体,类人猿,圆锥形,圆锥形的pyramid金字塔,金字塔式,金字塔形,金字塔型strobile镫骨,镫骨骨架,镫骨骨髓,镫骨骨质疏松症strobiloid频闪,假象,假肢,类人猿

Examples

  • The flowers are very small, almost sessile, and arranged in a one-sided, curved raceme.

  • Its rather large crimson flowers are on very short stalks in the axils of the upper leaves, forming together a leafy raceme.

  • The flowering stems each bear a dense cluster of dull pink or purple heads, forming a raceme from four inches to a foot in height.

  • Its stem is erect, without runners; and the blue flowers form a one-sided raceme without bracts.

  • The flowers are perfect, reddish green, in distant whorls, forming a terminal raceme which is leafless above.

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