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raceme

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raceme /ˈrasiːm /
noun Botany a flower cluster with the separate flowers attached by short equal stalks at equal distances along a central stem. The flowers at the base of the central stem develop first. Compare with cyme, and spike2
– ORIGIN late 18th century: from Latin racemus bunch of grapes.