corymb
[kawr-imb, -im, kor-]
- a form of inflorescence in which the flowers form a flat-topped or convex cluster, the outermost flowers being the first to open.
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Origin of corymb
1700–10; < Latin corymbus < Greek kórymbos head, top, cluster of fruit or flowers
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Flowers large, to 2/3 in., many in a corymb, on glandular peduncles.
Trees of the Northern United StatesAustin C. Apgar
The axis of a corymb is short in proportion to the lower pedicels.
The Elements of BotanyAsa Gray
Corymbose, in corymbs, approaching the form of a corymb, or branched in that way.
The Elements of BotanyAsa Gray
Second, the cauliflower, which is a cluster (corymb) of forced cabbage flowers.
The Century Cook BookMary Ronald
Ivy-branches, dividing both ways from the handle, surround its rim with a delicate tracery of sharp-cut leaf and corymb.
Studies of the Greek Poets (Vol II of 2)John Addington Symonds
corymb
- an inflorescence in the form of a flat-topped flower cluster with the oldest flowers at the periphery. This type of raceme occurs in the candytuft
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Word Origin
C18: from Latin corymbus, from Greek korumbos cluster
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corymb
[kôr′ĭmb, -ĭm]
- An indeterminate inflorescence whose outer flowers have longer stalks than the inner flowers, so that together they form a round cluster that is rather flat on top. The outer flowers open before the inner ones. Yarrow and the hawthorn have corymbs. See illustration at inflorescence.
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