cyme

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. more or less flat-topped cluster of flowers in which the central or terminal flower opens first
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Cyme \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. [1913 Webster]
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