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A flower cluster with an elongated axis and many one-flowered lateral pedicels, as in the currant and chokecherry.

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  1. n. A flower cluster with an elongated axis and many one-flowered lateral pedicels, as in the currant and chokecherry.
  2. n. usually elongate cluster of flowers along the main stem in which the flowers at the base open first
  3. A flower cluster with an elongated axis and many one-flowered lateral pedicels, as in the currant and chokecherry. Compound raceme, one having the lower pedicels developed into secondary racemes.
  4. A flower cluster with an elongated axis and many one-floweredlateral pedicels, as in the currant and chokecherry. Compound raceme,one having the lower pedicels developed into secondary racemes.
  5. n. usually elongate cluster of flowers along the main stem in which the flowers at the base open first