Cyme

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cyme
       n : more or less flat-topped cluster of flowers in which the
           central or terminal flower opens first