raceme Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet

Ra*ceme" noun
Etymology
L. racemus a bunch of berries, a cluster of grapes. See Raisin.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A flower cluster with an elongated axis and many one-flowered lateral pedicels, as in the currant and chokecherry.

Webster 1913