RACEMOSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does racemose mean? 

• RACEMOSE (adjective)
  The adjective RACEMOSE has 1 sense:

1. having stalked flowers along an elongated stem that continue to open in succession from below as the stem continues to grow

  Familiarity information: RACEMOSE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RACEMOSE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having stalked flowers along an elongated stem that continue to open in succession from below as the stem continues to grow

Context example:

lilies of the valley are racemose

Similar:

indeterminate (having a capacity for continuing to grow at the apex)

Domain category:

botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)

 Context examples 

One of the many racemose mucous glands within the back half of the hard palate submucosa.

(Palatine Salivary Gland, NCI Thesaurus)

Simple tubular or compound racemose type glands located in the region where the esophagus attaches to the stomach which secrete mucus.

(Cardia Gland, NCI Thesaurus)