
Meaning of CYME
Pronunciation: | | sIm
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| Definition: | | [n] more or less flat-topped cluster of flowers in which the central or terminal flower opens first |
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| See Also: | | inflorescence, scorpioid cyme | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \Cyme\ (s?m), n. [L. cyma the young sprount of a cabbage,
fr. Gr. ???, prop., anything swollen, hence also cyme, wave,
fr. ??? to be pregnant.] (Bot.)
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.
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Biology Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | An inflorescence in which each flower, in turn, is formed at the tip of a growing axis and further flowers are formed on branches arising below it. |
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