Racemosus
/ras-eh-MOH-sus/🏷️ Taxonomy●●● Advanced
Also known as: racemosa, racemosum
A floral arrangement epithet indicating the plant bears its flowers in racemes — elongated, unbranched clusters where individual flowers are attached by short stalks along a central axis. Appears as racemosus (masculine), racemosa (feminine), or racemosum (neuter).
Etymology
From Latin racemus (a cluster of grapes or berries) + -osus (full of), meaning "full of clusters."
Example
“Actaea racemosa (black cohosh) and Cimicifuga racemosa produce the tall, wand-like flower spikes that perfectly illustrate the racemose arrangement their epithet describes.”