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racemous

racemous is the alternative form of racemose.

Meaning of racemose

Adjective

racemose (not comparable)

  1. Having flowers arranged along a single central axis, as in a raceme, spike, or catkin.
    • Coordinate term: cymose
  2. expressing such a pattern

Origin of racemous

Compare French racémeux.

Questions about racemous

What is racemous the alternative form of?
Racemous is the alternative form of racemose.

Words near racemous in the dictionary

  1. racemorphan
  2. racemose
  3. racemosely
  4. racemoside
  5. racemosides
  6. racemous
  7. racemule
  8. racemules
  9. racemulose
  10. racenicity
  11. racepath

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Adapted from Wiktionary: racemous (page history and authors); racemose (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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