'Compound raceme' definitions:

Definition of 'Compound raceme'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Compound raceme, one having the lower pedicels developed into secondary racemes. [1913 Webster]