DictionaryRoot: racemus
Latin

racemus

cluster of grapes or berries

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A small plain bowl of dark raisins with several loose raisins beside it, clearly showing their dried, wrinkled grape shapes.
noun

raisin

RAY-zun/ˈreɪzn/

A dried grape.

Etymology

Latin racemus named a cluster of grapes or berries. The meaning shifted from the cluster to the grape itself, then narrowed in English to the dried fruit.

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