raceme /ra-, rə- or rā-sēmˈ, or rasˈēm/ (botany)

1. An inflorescence in which stalked flowers are borne in acropetal succession on a main stalk or lateral branches
2. A similar group of spore-cases

racemate /rasˈi-māt/ noun

A racemic mixture

racemation /ras-i-māˈshən/ noun

1. A gleaning or gathering of grapes
2. A residue
3. A cluster or bunch of anything, esp grapes

racemedˈ (also /rasˈ or rāsˈ/) adjective

In or having racemes

racemic /ra-sēˈmik or -semˈik/ adjective

1. Applied to an acid obtained from a certain kind of grape, an optically inactive form of tartaric acid
2. Hence applied to similar mixtures of dextrorotatory and laevorotatory enantiomorphs

racˈemism noun

The quality of being racemic

racemizāˈtion or racemisāˈtion noun

A change into a racemic form

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