Associations to the word «Racemose»

Wiktionary

RACEMOSE, adjective. (botany) Having flowers arranged along a single central axis, as in a raceme, spike, or catkin.
RACEMOSE, adjective. (pathology) (of a disease) expressing such a pattern

Dictionary definition

RACEMOSE, adjective. Having stalked flowers along an elongated stem that continue to open in succession from below as the stem continues to grow; "lilies of the valley are racemose".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats