Cymose

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cymose \Cy"mose\ (s?"m?s; 277), Cymous \Cy"mous\ (s?"m?s), a.
     [L. cymosus full of shoots: cf. FF. cymeux. See Cyme.] (Bot.)
     Having the nature of a cyme, or derived from a cyme; bearing,
     or pertaining to, a cyme or cymes.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cymose
       adj : having a usually flat-topped flower cluster in which the
             main and branch stems each end in a flower that opens
             before those below it or to its side