Compound+raceme
51rachis — /ˈreɪkəs / (say raykuhs) noun (plural rachises /ˈreɪkəsiz / (say raykuhseez) or rachides /ˈrækədiz / (say rakuhdeez), /ˈreɪkə / (say raykuh )) 1. Botany a. the axis of an inflorescence when somewhat elongated, as in a raceme …
52panicle — A compound flower head that forms a raceme …
53racemic — [rāsē′mik] adj. [< RACEME + IC: for sense see RACEMIC ACID] Chem. 1. consisting of an optically inactive, equimolecular mixture of the dextrorotatory and levorotatory forms of certain substances 2. designating or of a compound formed of such a …
54racemic acid — n. [< RACEME: orig. found in grapes] a transparent, colorless, crystalline compound occurring in nature with d tartaric acid: it is an optically inactive isomer of tartaric acid …
55racemic — adj. Chem. composed of equal numbers of dextrorotatory and laevorotatory molecules of a compound. Derivatives: racemize v.tr. & intr. (also ise). Etymology: RACEME + IC, orig. of tartaric acid in grape juice …
56pan|i|cle — «PAN uh kuhl», noun. Botany. 1. a loose, diversely branching flower cluster. A panicle is produced when a raceme becomes irregularly compound and is one kind of indeterminate inflorescence: »a panicle of oats. 2. any loose, diversely branching… …
