n. [ Cf. F. embrassement. ]
Dear though chaste embracements. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]
In the embracement of the parts hardly reparable, as bones. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
A ready embracement of . . . his kindness. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Chem.) A salt of racemic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. racematio a gleaning, fr. racemari to glean, racemus a cluster of grapes. See Raceme. ]
n. [ L. racemus a bunch of berries, a cluster of grapes. See Raisin. ] (Bot.) A flower cluster with an elongated axis and many one-flowered lateral pedicels, as in the currant and chokecherry. [ 1913 Webster ]
Compound raceme,
a. (Bot.) Arranged in a raceme, or in racemes. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. racémique. See Raceme. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found in many kinds of grapes. It is also obtained from tartaric acid, with which it is isomeric, and from sugar, gum, etc., by oxidation. It is a sour white crystalline substance, consisting of a combination of dextrorotatory and levorotatory tartaric acids. Gregory. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. racemifer bearing clusters; racemus cluster + ferre to bear: cf. F. racémifère. ] (Bot.) Bearing racemes, as the currant. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having the form of a raceme. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. racemosus full of clusters. ] Resembling a raceme; growing in the form of a raceme;
a. [ Cf. F. racémeux. ] See Racemose. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.) A little raceme. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Bot.) Growing in very small racemes. [ 1913 Webster ]