Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
flat-topped or convex inflorescence in which the individual flower stalks grow upward from various points on the main stem to approximately the same height;
outer flowers open first;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Corymb \Cor"ymb\ (k?r"?mb or -?m; 220), n. [L. corymbus cluster
of flowers, Gr. ko`rymbos.] (Bot.)
(a) A flat-topped or convex cluster of flowers, each on its
own footstalk, and arising from different points of a
common axis, the outermost blossoms expanding first, as
in the hawthorn.
(b) Any flattish flower cluster, whatever be the order of
blooming, or a similar shaped cluster of fruit.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
corymb
n 1: flat-topped or convex inflorescence in which the individual
flower stalks grow upward from various points on the main
stem to approximately the same height; outer flowers open
first