corymbose

[ kuh-rim-bohs ]

/ kəˈrɪm boʊs /

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adjective

characterized by or growing in corymbs; corymblike.

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Origin of corymbose

1765–75; <New Latin corymbōsus, equivalent to corymb(us) corymb + -ōsus-ose¹

co·rym·bose·ly, adverbsub·co·rym·bose, adjectivesub·co·rym·bose·ly, adverb

It is terminated by a massive globular corymbose head of flowers, which remain a long period in an ornamental condition.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 1|Various
Flowers greenish-yellow, hermaphrodite, arranged in corymbose terminal cymes.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines|T. H. Pardo de Tavera
Heads discoid, 15–many-flowered, in corymbose cymes; flowers perfect.
The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States|Asa Gray
The flowers are individually large and corymbose, and are succeeded by small green fruit.
Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs|A. D. Webster

The flowers are white or red, large, borne in corymbose clusters, and produced in great profusion during June and July.
Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs|A. D. Webster