Definition of cyme Cyme
cyme
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NounPlural: cymes |
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| cyme - more or less flat-topped cluster of flowers in which the central or terminal flower opens first | ||
| inflorescence the flowering part of a plant or arrangement of flowers on a stalk | ||
| cymule a small cyme, generally with few flowers | ||
| glomerule a compacted or sessile cyme | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- cyme (n.)
A flattish or convex flower cluster, of the centrifugal or determinate type, differing from a corymb chiefly in the order of the opening of the blossoms.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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cyme
sīm, n. a young shoot: (bot.) term applied to all forms of inflorescence which are definite or centrifugal.—adjs. Cym′oid, Cym′ose, Cym′ous. [L. cyma—Gr. kyma, a sprout.]
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🔤- cyme, noun, singular of cymes.
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