CYME

cyme

(noun) more or less flat-topped cluster of flowers in which the central or terminal flower opens first

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

cyme (plural cymes)

(spelt cime, obsolete, rare) A “head” (of unexpanded leaves, etc.); an opening bud.

(botany) A flattish or convex flower cluster, of the centrifugal or determinate type, on which each axis terminates with a flower which blooms before the flowers below it. Contrast raceme.

(architecture) = cyma

Etymology 2

Noun

cyme (plural cymes)

Misspelling of senna.

Source: Wiktionary


Cyme (sm), n. Etym: [L. cyma the young sprount of a cabbage, fr. Gr. (Bot.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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