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Meaning of CINCINNUS

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Cin*cin"nus\, n.; pl. {-ni}. [Also {cicinus},
{cicinnus}.] [L., a curl of hair.] (Bot.)
A form of monochasium in which the lateral branches arise
alternately on opposite sides of the false axis; -- called
also {scorpioid cyme}. -- {Cin*cin"nal}, a.
 
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Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: A spirally curled cymose inflorescence.
 

 

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