an inflorescence in which the flowers are borne along the main stem, with the oldest flowers at thebase. It can be simple, as in the foxglove, or compound
panicle
Word origin
C18: from Latin racēmus bunch of grapes
raceme in American English
(reɪˈsim; rəˈsim)
noun
an unbranched flower cluster, consisting of a single central stem or rachis, along which individual flowers grow on small stalks at intervals, blooming from the base toward the apex, as in the lily of the valley