n. [ L. racematio a gleaning, fr. racemari to glean, racemus a cluster of grapes. See Raceme. ] 1. A cluster or bunch, as of grapes. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Cultivation or gathering of clusters of grapes. [ R. ] Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]
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 ]
a. [ Cf. F. racémique. See Raceme. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found in many kinds of grapes. It is also obtained from tartaric acid, with which it is isomeric, and from sugar, gum, etc., by oxidation. It is a sour white crystalline substance, consisting of a combination of dextrorotatory and levorotatory tartaric acids. Gregory. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. racemosus full of clusters. ] Resembling a raceme; growing in the form of a raceme; as, (Bot.) racemose berries or flowers; (Anat.) the racemose glands, in which the ducts are branched and clustered like a raceme. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]
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