Cicinnus

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

  Cincinnus \Cin*cin"nus\, n.; pl. {-ni}. [Also {cicinus},
     {cicinnus}.] [L., a curl of hair.] (Bot.)
     A form of monochasium in which the lateral branches arise
     alternately on opposite sides of the false axis; -- called
     also {scorpioid cyme}. -- {Cin*cin"nal}, a.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]