Raceme vs. Spike — What's the Difference?

A raceme ( or ) or racemoid is an unbranched, indeterminate type of inflorescence bearing pedicellate flowers (flowers having short floral stalks called pedicels) along its axis. In botany, an axis means a shoot, in this case one bearing the flowers.

A long, thick, sharp-pointed piece of wood or metal.

An inflorescence having stalked flowers arranged singly along an elongated unbranched axis, with the flowers at the bottom opening first.

A heavy nail.

(botany) An indeterminate inflorescence in which the flowers are arranged along a single central axis.

A sharp-pointed projection along the top of a fence or wall.

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

A thin, sharp-pointed vertical rod for impaling papers; a spindle.

Usually elongate cluster of flowers along the main stem in which the flowers at the base open first

An elongate unbranched inflorescence with sessile flowers.

A thorn or spine.

A tuft of hair that is stiffened, as with hair spray or soap, into a point.

(Slang) A hypodermic needle.

One of several sharp metal projections set in the sole or in the sole and heel of an athletic shoe for grip.

Spikes A pair of athletic shoes having such projections.

Spikes A pair of spike heels.

An unbranched antler of a young deer.

A young mackerel of small size, usually 15 centimeters (6 inches) or less in length.

A sharp rise followed by a sharp decline in a graph or in the tracing of a scientific instrument.

A sharp momentary increase in voltage or electric current.

A sudden steep increase in prices.

(Sports) The act of driving a volleyball at a sharp angle into the opponent's court by jumping near the net and hitting the ball down hard from above.

(Football) The act of slamming the ball to the ground after succeeding in an important play, as after scoring a touchdown.

(Football) The act of deliberately throwing the ball to the ground as an incomplete pass in order to stop the game clock.

An ear of grain, as of wheat.

(Botany) A usually elongated, unbranched inflorescence with stalkless flowers arranged along an axis.

To secure or provide with a spike.

To shape into spikes.

To impale, pierce, or injure with a spike.

To injure with spiked shoes, especially when sliding in baseball.

To put an end to; terminate

To add alcoholic liquor to

To add a poison or other chemical to

To add flavor or spice to

To add excitement or vitality to

(Sports) To hit (a volleyball) in a spike.

(Football) To throw (the ball) to the ground in a spike.

To render (a muzzleloading gun) useless by driving a spike into the vent.

To manifest or undergo a sudden increase in (something) followed by a sharp decrease

To manifest or undergo a sudden increase followed by a sharp decrease

A sort of very large nail.

A piece of pointed metal etc. set with points upward or outward.

(by extension) Anything resembling such a nail in shape.

An ear of corn or grain.

(botany) A kind of inflorescence in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.

A running shoe with spikes in the sole to provide grip.

A sharp peak in a graph.

A surge in power or in the price of a commodity, etc.; any sudden and brief change that would be represented by a sharp peak on a graph.

The rod-like protrusion from a woman's high-heeled shoe that elevates the heel.

A long nail for storing papers by skewering them; (by extension) the metaphorical place where rejected newspaper articles are sent.

(volleyball) An attack from, usually, above the height of the net performed with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.

(zoology) An adolescent male deer.

The casual ward of a workhouse.

Spike lavender.

Synonym of endpin.

(theater) A mark indicating where a prop or other item should be placed on stage.

A small project that uses the simplest possible program to explore potential solutions.

To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails.

To set or furnish with spikes.

To embed nails into (a tree) so that any attempt to cut it down will damage equipment or injure people.

To fix on a spike.

To discard; to decide not to publish or make public.

To increase sharply.

To covertly put alcohol or another intoxicating substance into a drink.

To add a small amount of one substance to another.

(volleyball) To attack from, usually, above the height of the net with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.

(military) To render (a gun) unusable by driving a metal spike into its touch hole.

To slam the football to the ground, usually in celebration of scoring a touchdown, or to stop expiring time on the game clock after snapping the ball as to save time for the losing team to attempt to score the tying or winning points.

(slang) To inject a drug with a syringe.

A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with points upward or outward.

Anything resembling such a nail in shape.

An ear of corn or grain.

A kind of flower cluster in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.

Spike lavender. See Lavender.

To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails; as, to spike down planks.

To set or furnish with spikes.

To fix on a spike.

To stop the vent of (a gun or cannon) by driving a spike nail, or the like into it.

A transient variation in voltage or current

Sports equipment consisting of a sharp point on the sole of a shoe worn by athletes;

Fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn

(botany) an indeterminate inflorescence bearing sessile flowers on an unbranched axis

A sharp rise followed by a sharp decline;

A sharp-pointed projection along the top of a fence or wall

A long sharp-pointed implement (wood or metal)

Any holding device consisting of a long sharp-pointed object

A long metal nail

Stand in the way of

Pierce with a sharp stake or point;

Secure with spikes

Bring forth a spike or spikes;

Add alcohol beverages

Manifest a sharp increase;