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ra·ceme
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panicle
a compound raceme. -
racemic
noting or pertaining to any of various organic compounds in which racemism occurs. -
racemiform
having the form of a raceme. -
racemism
(of a compound) the state of being optically inactive and separable into two other substances of the same chemical composition as the original substance, one of which is dextrorotatory and the other levorotatory, as racemic acid. -
racemization
the conversion of an optically active substance into an optically inactive mixture of equal amounts of the dextrorotatory and levorotatory forms. -
rachis
Botany. the axis of an inflorescence when somewhat elongated, as in a raceme. (in a pinnately compound leaf or frond) the prolongation of the petiole along which the leaflets are disposed. any of various axial structures.